Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE,has notified the Federal Excessive Court docket Abuja of its discontinuance of its N100 billion import license lawsuit towards Nigerian Nationwide Petroleum Firm Restricted (NNPCL) and others.
The discover of discontinuance dated July 28, 2025, was filed by the Refinery’s lawyer, George Ibrahim SAN, Nairametrics stories.
“TAKE NOTICE that the Plaintiff(Dangote Refinery) herein discontinues this Go well with towards the Defendants forthwith,” the discover reads.
Nairametrics beforehand reported that the Refinery, had within the final proceedings, faulted the Federal Competitors and Shopper Safety Fee’s (FCCPC) second try to hitch and problem its N100 billion import license lawsuit.
The refinery’s lawyer, George Ibrahim, SAN, defined to the Federal Excessive Court docket in Abuja why the Fee was “not crucial” as a celebration within the case.
Nairametrics beforehand reported that the court docket, on March 18, 2025, dismissed the FCCPC’s preliminary request to hitch and problem the refinery’s import license lawsuit.
Justice Inyang Ekwo dismissed the FCCPC’s joinder request whereas ruling on the Fee’s utility to hitch and show Dangote’s alleged deliberate monopoly within the oil and fuel sector.
The pending swimsuit by Dangote Refinery, marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1324/2024, sought to void import licenses issued to a number of Nigerian oil firms by the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA).
These firms embrace, Nigerian Nationwide Petroleum Firm Restricted (NNPCL)Matrix Petroleum Providers Restricted,A.A. Rano Restricted and 4 others
In its movement and accompanying paperwork, completely seen by Nairametrics, the FCCPC authorized staff led by Barrister Olarenwaju Osinaike had said that the FCCPC is in search of to be joined as a crucial get together to the proceedings as a result of its pursuits would allegedly be affected by the end result of the swimsuit.
The Fee argued that the case entails whether or not stopping the oil firms in dispute from working the stated licenses would result in anti-competition or a monopoly in favor of Dangote Refinery.
In response to the FCCPC’s request to hitch the swimsuit, Dangote Refinery said: “It’s not true that the plaintiff’s swimsuit is monopolistic however solely geared toward revamping native refining of petroleum merchandise in Nigeria.”
Ibrahim submitted that his shopper was granted a license by the NMDPRA underneath the Petroleum Trade Act to import, produce, and refine petroleum merchandise.
“Dangote Refinery is ready to meet the day by day consumption demand of the nation,” he said, including that the NMDPRA allegedly granted licenses to the defendants to import petroleum merchandise opposite to Part 317(8) and (9) of the Petroleum Trade Act.
He additional argued:
“The Petroleum Trade Act doesn’t give the Federal Competitors and Shopper Safety Fee (FCCPC) authority to situation licenses or impose levies on the plaintiff,” describing the FCCPC as a “meddlesome interloper” that shouldn’t be allowed to hitch the swimsuit.
Ruling on the FCCPC’s joinder utility on the time Justice Ekwo said that whereas the regulation permits a crucial get together to hitch a case, that get together should show its relevance to the matter.
Ekwo held that, having reviewed the submissions of each the FCCPC and Dangote Refinery, he couldn’t discover how the Fee was related to the case involving the Petroleum Trade Act (PIA).
The decide subsequently ordered the dismissal of the FCCPC’s joinder utility.
Justice Mohammed Umar( a brand new decide in Abuja Division) had subsequently mounted September 29 for listening to on Dangote Refinery’s case and ordered that listening to notices be issued to all events.
