The Chairman of Dangote Industries, Aliko Dangote, via his authorized consultant, has filed a proper corruption petition towards the previous Managing Director of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Farouk Ahmed, on the headquarters of the {Economic} and {Financial} Crimes Fee.
This was disclosed in an announcement by the Dangote Group media crew on Friday.
Recall that Dangote had earlier petitioned the Unbiased Corrupt Practices and Different Associated Offences Fee to research Ahmed for allegedly spending $5 million on his kids’s secondary schooling in Switzerland. He withdrew the petition a number of days in the past, even because the ICPC vowed to proceed with its investigation.
The assertion on Friday mentioned Dangote’s petition to the EFCC adopted “The withdrawal of the identical petition from the Unbiased Corrupt Practices and Different Associated Offences Fee, a strategic choice geared toward accelerating the prosecution course of.”
Within the petition, signed by Lead Counsel Dr O.J. Onoja, Dangote urged the EFCC to research allegations of abuse of workplace and corrupt enrichment towards Ahmed, and to prosecute him if discovered culpable.
The petition additional said that Dangote would supply proof to substantiate claims {of financial} misconduct and impunity.
“We make daring to state that the fee is strategically positioned, together with sister businesses, to prosecute {financial} crimes and corruption-related offences, and upon establishing a prima facie case, the courts don’t hesitate to punish offenders. See Lawan v. F.R.N (2024) 12 NWLR (Pt. 1953) 501 and Shema v. F.R.N. (2018) 9 NWLR (Pt.1624) 337,” the petition learn.
Onoja additional urged the fee, below the management of Mr Olanipekun Olukoyede, “To analyze the criticism of abuse of workplace and corruption towards Engr. Farouk Ahmed and to accordingly prosecute him if discovered wanting.”