The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has asked the Court of Appeal in Abuja to overturn a Federal High Court ruling and allow the Commission to be joined as a defendant in the lawsuit challenging Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE’s N100 billion import license case.
The appeal, filed by FCCPC’s lawyer Olanrewaju A. Osinaike Esq. on March 18, 2025, contests the decision of Justice Inyang Ekwo, who previously dismissed the Commission’s request to be included in the case.
Dangote Refinery and the FCCPC have been engaged in a legal dispute over the Commission’s role in the ongoing case, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1324/2024. The lawsuit seeks to invalidate import licenses granted to certain 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.
In the appeal, Osinaike urged the Court of Appeal to set aside the High Court’s ruling and grant the FCCPC’s request to be included as the 8th defendant in the case.
