Nigeria, April 8 -- An Egyptian contractor, Marco Zoccoli, has threatened to drag his country into a dispute with a Nigerian businessman, Sani Dangote.

Mr Zoccoli is accusing Mr Dangote of betrayal of trust, rights infringement, and breach of contract.

The development is coming four years after both men entered into a business partnership.

Mr Dangote, a relative of Africa's richest man and billionaire Aliko Dangote, is the owner of Dansa Agro-allied Limited, NPS Nigeria Limited, and vice president of the Dangote group.

In several letters to Nigerian authorities and court documents seen by PREMIUM TIMES, Mr Zoccoli accused Mr Dangote's NPS of owing him N30 million.

The Egyptian also accused Mr Dangote and his company of abusing his fu...