The President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has submitted a fresh corruption petition to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission against the former Managing Director of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Farouk Ahmed.

The petition was lodged at the EFCC headquarters through Dangote’s legal team.

This was contained in a statement released on Friday by the Dangote Group media office.

The development comes days after Dangote withdrew a similar petition from the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, where he had accused Ahmed of allegedly expending about $5 million on his children’s secondary education in Switzerland.

Despite the withdrawal, the ICPC had said it would proceed with its investigation.

According to the statement, the decision to approach the EFCC was taken to hasten the prosecution process following the withdrawal of the petition from the ICPC.

In the petition signed by Lead Counsel, Dr O.J. Onoja, Dangote called on the EFCC to probe allegations of abuse of office and illicit enrichment against Ahmed and to prosecute him if the claims are established.

The petition also noted that Dangote is prepared to present evidence to support the allegations of financial impropriety and impunity.

“We make bold to state that the commission is strategically positioned, along with sister agencies, to prosecute financial crimes and corruption-related offences, and upon establishing a prima facie case, the courts do not 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 stated.

Onoja further urged the EFCC, under the leadership of its Chairman, Mr Olanipekun Olukoyede, to investigate the allegations against Engr. Farouk Ahmed and to prosecute him if found liable.

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