The Federal High Court Abuja has dismissed the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission’s (FCCPC) request to join and challenge Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE’s N100 billion import license lawsuit.
Justice Inyang Ekwo dismissed FCCPC’s joinder request on Tuesday while ruling on its application to join and prove Dangote’s alleged planned monopoly in the oil and gas sector.
The pending suit by Dangote Refinery, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1324/2024, seeks to void import licenses issued to some Nigerian oil companies by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA).
These companies include the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL), Matrix Petroleum Services Limited, A.A. Rano Limited, and four others.
What FCCPC and Dangote Refinery said about the N100 pending suit
In its motion and accompanying processes exclusively seen by Nairametrics, the FCCPC legal team, led by Barrister Olarenwaju Osinaike, had stated…
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