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Aliko Dangote petitions EFCC over alleged abuse of office and corrupt enrichment by former NMDPRA boss Farouk Ahmed.
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Move follows withdrawal of earlier petition from ICPC, described as a strategy to hasten prosecution.
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EFCC urged to investigate and prosecute if culpability is established, according to Dangote’s legal team.
The Chairman of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against a former Managing Director of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed, over alleged corruption.
Dangote Group disclosed the development in a statement issued on Friday, confirming that the petition was formally submitted to the EFCC headquarters.
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The company had earlier approached the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), accusing Ahmed of allegedly spending about $5 million on his children’s secondary education in Switzerland.
Although Dangote recently withdrew the petition from the ICPC, the anti-graft agency has maintained that its investigation into the allegations would continue.
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According to the statement, the decision to approach the EFCC was taken after the withdrawal from the ICPC, and was described as “a strategic move aimed at accelerating the prosecution process.”
In the fresh petition to the EFCC, signed by Lead Counsel, Dr. O.J. Onoja, SAN, Dangote urged the commission to thoroughly investigate allegations of abuse of office and corrupt enrichment against Ahmed.
The petition further requested the EFCC to prosecute the former NMDPRA boss if investigations establish a case against him.
The latest move deepens the high-profile dispute between Dangote and the former petroleum regulator chief, drawing renewed attention to allegations of corruption within Nigeria’s oil and gas regulatory space.
