March 09, (THEWILL) – Billionaire businessman, Sayyu Dantata, the founder and Chief Executive Officer of MRS Holdings Ltd, formerly MRS Group, is thinking of disposing his luxury Banana Island mansion and return to home town of Kano State.
The mansion, which sits on several plots of land is separated by a road but merged into one single big compound. THEWILL exclusively gathered that Sayyu who is a half-brother to Aliko Dangote, Africa’s richest man, intends to execute the sale of the mansion as soon as he is able to find a suitable buyer who meets his criteria.
This newspaper put a call through to him to know why he is mulling such a drastic decision but calls and text messages sent to
his telephone number went unanswered.
Known for living a life of luxury without compromise, Sayuu started his career as a Director of the Engineering and Transport Division of Dangote Group, considered
the Largest Nigerian conglomerate, before setting out to found MRS Holdings, one of Nigeria’s largest marketers of refined petroleum products like gasoline, marine fuels, and aviation fuels.
An avid polo player, he not only owns a private jet, he also owns a helicopter and is perhaps the only Nigerian billionaire who prefers to fly his helicopter himself. He likes to operate the helicopter within the Lagos metropolis, majorly to beat the perennial traffic situation.
The helicopter also comes handy each time he wants to visit his warehouses in Apapa from his Victoria Island office and even to the polo club in Ikoyi for a few hours of game. As soon as he disembarks from his private jet at the private hangar of the Lagos airport, his chopper is always on standby waiting. His pilots know to keep the engine running and then step back for him to take the wheels which he glides in the sky effortlessly.
Just like he took lessons to become a professional at the game of Polo, so did he take the necessary lessons and certification that qualifies him to fly a helicopter. And what is more? He is skilled in architecture and design and Farook and Sir awesome job Ekwe Google Chrome for me to go by Bukola Way contributed to the design and construction of the late Herbert Wigwe’s waterfront mansion on Queens Drive, Ikoyi, Lagos.
Ivory Ukonu is a versatile journalist with many years of experience, with entertainment and society reporting as her area of core competence.
