Nigerians the have/Burt Bugatti
There’s no argument that a Bugatti is one of the most expensive and exclusive rides in the world. It’s costly even by wealthy peoples’ standards, and rare enough that it’s a safe bet few will ever get to see one in person. A Bugatti makes Ferraris and Lamborghinis seem cheap by comparison.
Check out below 6 Nigerians that acquired Bugatti cars:
1. Dino Melaye
Daniel ‘Dino’ Melaye, born 1 January 1974, is a Nigerian politician, and actor, and member of the 8th National Assembly, Kogi West Senatorial district.
Dino, as he is fondly called, was known for his strong opposition to the Goodluck Jonathan presidency. He was a Member House of Representatives under the platform of the All Progressive Congress. In 2015, he won the Kogi Senatorial West district. He seconded the nomination of Senator Bukola Saraki in his controversial bid that led to his emergence as the Senate President. Dino Melaye is well known for his love of luxury cars, champagne and designer clothes, as his Instagram account shows this.
Dino Melaye’s foray into politics dates back to his days in the university where he played an active role in students’ unionism. His interest in partisan politics was, however, kindled while following the then Military Administrator of Lagos, Brig Gen Mohammed Buba Marwa in the late 90s.
At the commencement of the new democratic dispensation in 1999, Daniel Dino Melaye was relatively unknown to his people until 2007 when the House of Representatives’ slot was zoned to Gbede district of Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State.
In the Okun political circle especially in the Peoples Democratic Party, political positions are zoned and rotated among various districts. Thus between 1999 and 2003, the Ijumu district in Kabba-Bunu / Ijumu Federal constituency had the first shot, which threw Chief Abiodun Ojo up.
Between 2003 and 2007, it was the turn of Bunu district and Duro Meseko emerged the preferred choice. Dino succeeded him as the choice of Gbede district in Ijumu after a lot of politicking between 2007 and 2011.
Dino Melaye was born in the city of Kano, on January 1, 1974. He graduated from the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, where he studied geography in 2000. He led the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) and later became the Secretary-General of African Youth Council and then that of the Commonwealth Youth Council. He was appointed by President Olusegun Obasanjo to chair the Presidential Advisory Council on Youths.
Between then, the 2015 election groped in political obscurity in the state and veered into anti-corruption campaign during which he led a crusade of probe against a former governor in the state, Ibrahim Idris who had just left office then.
Dino was a member In the House of Representatives, where he openly opposed President Jonathan Goodluck, calling his government the most corrupt one in Nigeria.
In the 2015 Senatorial election, he was elected a member of the Senate of Nigeria from the Kogi West Senatorial District and was reelected to be by his constituents to be a member of the 9th senate. He seconded the nomination of Senator Bukola Saraki as a candidate for the office of President of the Senate following a nomination made by Senator Ahmad Sani Yerima.
He contested the Kogi West Senatorial seat and defeated Smart Adeyemi of PDP after controversially emerging as APC candidate.
Melaye criticized Edo state Governor Adams Oshiomhole for “importing his wife” rather than marrying a Nigerian woman.
Melaye had threatened to beat up Senator Oluremi Tinubu, wife of Bola Ahmed Tinubu, former governor of Lagos State and the national party leader of the All Progressives Congress, and ‘impregnate’ her on the floor of the Senate.
In June 2017, a process to recall Senator Daniel Dino Melaye from the National Assembly was kickstarted by Kogi state governor, Yahaya Bello. The recall generated a nationwide outrage as names of reportedly deceased citizens of Kogi state were found in the list of those who voted to have the controversial senator recalled. The recall however failed.
On May 2, 2018, Senator Melaye was arraigned in court by the Police on Wednesday at Chief Magistrate Court in Wuse Abuja. He was granted bail in the sum of N90million by the court, having met the bail condition but was rearrested by the police shortly after his release.
On July 24, 2018, Melaye alongside 13 other Senators of the All Progressives Congress, APC, defected to the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP. In Abuja on the 5th of January, Dino Melaye ‘slumped’ after surrendering to the police.
Dino Melaye was involved in various certificates scandals in 2017 including his claim to have obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in Geography from Ahmadu Bello University and a degree from the Boston-based Ivy League Harvard University in the United States. He claimed to have obtained the degree but not yet verified.
Melaye who might face severe criminal charges that might undermine his political career if such scandals should prevail denies these claims. However, his colleague and former majority leader of his party (APC) Sen. Ali Ndume calls for the house to probe Melaye’s claims. Melaye claims not only did he graduate legitimately from ABU Zaria, but also, he has successfully earned seven degrees from various other institutions around the world, among them are Harvard’s University, Kennedy School for Educational Leadership and London School of Economics and Political Science; a claim that was since refuted by both institutions, with Harvard claiming Mr. Melaye only presented himself for a week-long professional development course in late 2016. While LSE claimed there is no evidence on its database that Mr. Melaye ever Obtained any degree there.
Melaye was eventually cleared by the Vice-Chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University, Ibrahim Garba who appeared before the Senate Committee to confirm that Senator Dino Melaye graduated from the school, although under a different name.
Daniel Dino Melaye was previously married to Tokunbo Melaye for ten years. She filed for divorce after a domestic violence dispute where she claimed that he beat her up and pointed a gun to her head. Shortly after, Alero Falope moved in with Melaye. Falope moved out six months later. Tokunbo had three children with Dino, and Mr. Melaye had another child with an unnamed woman in July 2016.
2. Aliko Dangote
Aliko Dangote, Nigerian businessman Aliko Dangote, the founding president (1981) and CEO of the Dangote Group conglomerate, was ranked in 2015 by Forbes magazine as the richest man in Africa, and by 2016 the self-made visionary had increased his net worth to an estimated $14 billion and occupied the 51st spot on Forbes’s list of the wealthiest billionaires in the world.
Dangote’s latest venture involved the construction of a $12 billion oil refinery in Lagos in an effort to solve the fuel crisis in Nigeria, where 38% of imports were petroleum based.
Dangote’s patriotism was evidenced not only in his business decisions—he remarked that “nothing is going to help Nigeria like Nigerians bringing back their money. If you give me $5 billion today, I will invest everything here in Nigeria.”—but also in his humanitarian efforts. In 2014 he provided a substantial donation of some $1 million to help halt the spread of the deadly Ebola virus in West Africa, and in 2016 he partnered with Microsoft founder Bill Gates to pledge $100 million to address malnutrition, a problem that affected some 11 million children in northern Nigeria. Nevertheless, Dangote faced scrutiny when his name surfaced in the so-called Panama Papers, which disclosed names of individuals who were linked to offshore shell companies. He was personally linked to 4 such companies, and his family and business associates were linked to at least 13.
In Aliko Dangote’s garage, there is exotic Bugatti Veyron which cost him $2,000,000.
3. Obinwanne Okeke
Obinwanne Okeke is a Nigerian entrepreneur born on November 9, 1987. He is the founder and CEO of the Nigerian firm, Invictus Group.
He is one of the Nigerian entrepreneur with local and international honorary awards.
Obinwanne was born on in Ukpor Villagae, Anambra State. He originally hails from Anambra State. south eastern part of Nigeria.
He is from a polygamous home and the 17th child of his father who passed away when Obinwanne was barely 16 years of age.
He obtained a Bachelors degree and master’s degree in international Relations and Counter Terrorism from Monash University, Australia.
Obinwanne Okeke became an internationally celebrated entrepreneur and CEO of Invictus Group. The firm’s business interest include Private Equity, Oil & Gas, Agriculture, Construction, Real Estate, Energy Solutions and so on.
He was featured on the cover of Forbes Africa in 2016, The Forbes “30 under 30” list which profiles young entrepreneurs under the age of 30.
He was also featured on BBC’s “Focus on Africa” while being described as one of the inspiring entrepreneur. He was a Panelist at the Wharton Africa Business Forum in 2017. It is an annual forum organized by the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business, one of the Best schools in the world which boast of the likes of Warren Bufflet, Elon Musk, Google CEO Sundar Pichai and the U.S president, Donald Trump.
His company, Invictus Group was named Africa’s Most Innovative Investment Company of the Year by African Brand Progress in 2017. Obinwanne was also nominated among the 100 Most influential Nigerian by Avance Media in 2018.
He was arrested by the FBI (Federal Bureau of Investigation) for conspiracy to commit computer fraud.
Within a span of two years, Okeke has made headlines for one reason, buying and selling exotic cars to celebrities in the US.
His latest deal is the purchase of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Bugatti Veyron for $2.5 million (N756 million).
4. Kola Aluko
Kolawole Akanni Aluko was born on October 20th, 1969 in Lagos, Nigeria, to a geologist, Chief Akanni Aluko, from Ilesha, Osun State, and Mrs. Aluko, pharmacist.
Kola grew up in Lagos where he attended primary school and the prestigious Igbogbi College. He furthered his education up to the tertiary level.
Aluko is the founder of Fossil Resources, an oil trading company. He was CEO of Exoro Energy until its merger with Seven Energy, a leading independent oil exploration company. Aluko is now Deputy CEO and a large shareholder of Seven Energy and co-CEO of Atlantic Energy. He is also a member of the advisory board of Vistajet, a private jet charter company founded by Thomas Flohr.
Aluko is known as a man of affluence. With a huge sum of $100 million, he was once ranked by Forbes Africa as one of the 40th richest Africans, as well as included in the top ten list of Successful African Entrepreneurs to Follow on Twitter. The New African Magazine (November 2013 issue) included Aluko in their 100 Most Influential Africans listing and issue.
In 2013, the billionaire businessman who loves race cars reportedly bought the Ferrari Pininfarina Sergio speedster said to be worth a whooping 2million pounds – that’s over N500million. Only six of the cars are being built and all six were already bought in advance by ‘special’ customers in which Kola Aluko was one of them. Kola's philantrophic foundation was established in 2013 to inspire, mentor and support future generations of African leaders.
The young billionaire is said to have bought up properties in Las Vegas and other top spots all for millions of dollars. When talking about Kola Aluko's wealth, which is up to the tune of billions of dollars, it would be very difficult not to mention how he got it all from Nigeria’s oil sector. Aluko enjoys a porch lifestyle, betting on races, racing with expensive cars in Germany and partying. He is also friends with Hollywood “A- listers” and international supermodel, Naomi Campbell. Out of his numerous expensive assets is his yacht named “Galactica Star”. He also developed a relationship with DiCaprio, at whose star-studded birthday bash he allegedly spent $1.5 million dollars on Champagne.
The quiet gentleman owns a couple of Bugattis, one of which is a £2m or ₦930m Year of the Dragon limited edition manufactured to mark the Chinese year of the dragon.
5. Jamil Abubakar
Jamil Mohammed Abubakar, born January 29, 1986, is a Nigerian IT expert and professional Pilot, currently with Azman Air Services. He is the son of former Nigerian Inspector General of Police and is married to Fatima Dangote daughter of Nigerian Billionaire, Aliko Dangote.
Jamil Muhammed Abubakar at Kingston University, London in November 2019 Capt Jamil Abubakar, born January 29, 1986, to Rtd Inspector General of Police (Nigeria) IGP Mohammed Dikko Abubakar, Nigeria. He attended Home Science Primary School in Ikoyi, Lagos, Nigeria, and Nigeria Military School, Zaria. He obtained his higher education degrees at Enfield College and Kingston University, both in London.
Jamil completed his aviation training at Epic Aviation in New Smyrna FL, United States (Private Pilot License, Instrument License, and Commercial Pilot License), Aerostar in Orlando FL, United States (Type Rating Boeing 737-NG (600-900, BBJ)), SIM Aero in Paris, France (Type Rating Fokker 100) and BMA Aviation in Atlanta GA, United States. [5] Jamil started his aviation career as First Officer with IRS Airlines. He currently flies for Azman Air Services as a Senior First Officer. He also serves as a Director on various boards within the Oil and Gas sector.
Jamil's passion for humanitarian and philanthropic works has led to the establishment of two organizations that mentors, alleviate, and caters to the less privileged. He is the President of JMD Foundation, a non-profit organization that was established in 2012, has about 35 active members and has since done projects spanning community development, women empowerment, student alleviation, mentorship, feeding, and health. He is also the founder of an aviation mentorship program, through which he guides, coaches anyone with an interest in piloting as a career.
Jamil has publicly expressed his love for flying and driving fast cars. He is enthusiastic about traveling, jet skiing and sky diving. He is happily married to Princess Fatima Dangote Abubakar daughter of Billionaire Dangote. Their wedding which was attended by notable Nigerians and guests from other parts of the world became a national trend. A notable guest at the wedding was the world's richest man Bill Gates.
He acquired a Bugatti Veyron 16.4 Super Sport Worth over $2.4M [N400Million].
5. Qualitylee
Just like Mompha, the popular Nigerian Instagram big boy, Qualitylee is also a car freak. He buys cars just for the fun of it and he purchased a Bugatti Veyron just to put Mompha out of the limelight. Obviously, Mompha hasn't gotten around to returning the favor, he's still enjoying his 2019 Ferrari. Let's hope he purchases one right after his EFCC scandal evaporates. For now, we're not quite sure about his real name, as he's a little bit more private than Mompha and B Naira.
He bought cars just for the fun of it and he purchased a Bugatti Veyron just to put Mompha out of the limelight. Obviously, Mompha hasn't gotten around to returning the favour, he's still enjoying his 2019 Ferrari.
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