[4] In September 2014, 20 of Dangote's bank accounts were temporarily frozen by the High Court of Lagos State after an alleged failure to pay back a ₦5.2 billion loan from the Union Bank of Nigeria for his companies Dansa Foods Limited and Bulk Pack Services Limited.
[7][8] In August 2018, Dangote was implicated in a lawsuit against his company, MPS Nigeria Limited, by an Italian contractor after an alleged breach of contract.
Being accused of fraud, Dangote was alleged to not have paid salaries and to have withheld the contractor's passport for two years.
[11] His funeral, initially set to take place on 16 November in Kano,[1] was delayed until the 17th due to paperwork issues resulting in his body not being returned to Nigeria.
Present at his burial were his brother Aliko, two previous senate presidents Ahmad Lawan and Bukola Saraki, and governor of Borno State Babagana Umara Zulum, among others.