Volkswagen has re-opened its factory in Lagos, Nigeria, two decades after halting operations there.

The company has agreed a partnership with Stallion Group to assemble VW brand vehicles at the factory on the Badagry Expressway.

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The leader of VW’s delegation from Germany, Ratz Wolfgang, said the first batch of vehicles had already been built – Amarok, CC, Jetta and Passat models, The Cable reported.

“Today marks the revival of the assembly of Volkswagen vehicles in Nigeria. Volkswagen has returned to continue a long history that began in the 1970s,” Wolfgang added.

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