Pai Duda de Candola, leader of the Ilê Axé Icimimó Aganjú Didê terreiro in Bahia, accuses the Penha Papel e Celulose company, part of the Penha Group, of coercion and attempted invasion by an employee. According to the religious leader, the employee, known as 'Cao', has been hanging around the perimeter of the terreiro and monitoring the area at the company's behest. On 30 August, Pai Duda even claims to have confronted the employee, asking if he was watching the place. "I saw Cao hanging around here and I approached him. At the time, I asked him if he was on the perimeter of the terreiro's land at the behest of the company to keep an eye on me and if they were going back to doing what they did before. He immediately replied that he had never stopped doing that," says Pai Duda, who filmed the dialogue and shared the images.

In 2019, the terreiro was invaded by armed men, sacred settlements were violated and parents and children of saints were threatened. At the time, the men even fired shots as a form of intimidation and said they would be back to tear down the sheds. The leaders of the terreiro blamed Grupo Penha, the owner of a farm next to the territory, for the invasion.

The Penha Group said that it owns Fazenda Tororó, which has an area of 700 hectares where the terreiro is located, by virtue of a 'Judicial Arrematisation' and took possession of the property in 2005. The company denied any actions against the terreiro. "There has never been any confrontation or disrespect towards the terreiro and its religious practice, nor towards the other squatters and other religious temples that are within the perimeter of Fazenda Tororó," it said in a statement.