The Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), has requested Chairman of Dangote Companies, Aliko Dangote to appear before a panel of investigators on Monday in Abuja, over a petition written by him against Farouk Ahmed, former Managing Director of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA).
Last week, Dangote wrote a petition against Ahmed, accusing him of economic sabotgage against the Nigerian state.
The Africa’s richest man said the ex-NMDPRA paid $5million for his four children in a Swiss secondary school.
The News Agency of Nigeria, NAN, said a source in the ICPC, who confirmed the development on Sunday in Abuja, stated that ICPC had set up a panel of investigators to handle the probe.
According to the source, the Commission’s Chairman, Dr Musa Aliyu, SAN, has also asked the team to focus on Dangote’s petition.
The oil magnate is expected to appear or send his lawyer, Ogwu Onoja, SAN, with his evidence, when ICPC’s investigation of the petition formally commences.
Dangote had accused Farouk Ahmed of corruption and misappropriation of funds, including spending millions of dollars on his four children’s education in expensive and exclusive schools in Switzerland.
He also alleged that Ahmed undermined domestic refining by colluding with international traders and oil importers through the continued issuance of import licences.
The ICPC has asked Dangote to submit his evidence to the anti-graft agency.
Farouk Ahmed has since resigned his appointment, but the Commission said it is going ahead with the investigation, stating that his resignation does not affect the probe.
The petition alleges that Ahmed spent, without evidence of lawful means of income, sums amounting to over seven million dollars for the education of his four children in Switzerland.
Dangote is demanding the arrest, investigation, and prosecution of Farouk Ahmed for allegedly living above his means as a public servant.
The Commission’s spokesperson, John Okor Odey, confirmed that the ICPC received a formal petition on December 16, 2025, from Dangote, through his lawyer, against the former CEO of the NMDPRA.
