The House of Representatives have summoned both parties and asked them to stop public comments.
The Chairman of Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, has submitted a petition against the Managing Director of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Ahmed Farouk, to the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), accusing him of corruption and financial impropriety
In the petition submitted on December 16, Dangote demanded the arrest, investigation and prosecution of Ahmed for allegedly living above his means as a public servant.
In the petition received by the office of the Chairman of the ICPC, Musa Adamu Aliyu (SAN), the Dangote Group Chairman specifically accused the NMDPRA boss of spending without evidence of lawful means of income amounting to over $7 million for the education of his four children in different schools in Switzerland for a period of six years upfront.
Dangote in the petition named the four children and their schools in Switzerland including the amount paid for each of them to establish his allegations and verification by the anti-graft Agency.
He alleged that Ahmed was using the instrumentality of the NMDPRA to embezzle and divert public funds for self gains and pursuit of private interest to the detriment of the Nigerian people which orchestrated uproar and protest by different groups recently.
Dangote claimed that the NMDPRA boss throughout his lifetime as an adult worked in the public sector in Nigeria and that the totality of his earnings over the years was nothing close to $7 million.
The entreprenuer said the money was allegedly diverted from the public coffers to pay for the education of his teenage children abroad.
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