I agree with you and the authorities will use the fact that he's foreign to rile up anti foreign sentiment but in reality they want a cut of the money. Now he's dead and his company is gone with him. I have seen this happen before in Nigeria where foreign startups close fold and move on cause of corruption. Which food guy are you talking about I want to see that video.
He did a couple videos on Nigeria, watch all of them, one of them u will see the hooligans depressing him