Court Dismisses Dangote Suit against NMDPRA, NNPCL, Others

Honourable Justice M.G. Umar of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, today dismissed the suit filed by Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE against the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, Nigeria National Petroleum Company Limited (NNPCL) and five others.

The dismissal was sequel to a notice of discontinuance filed by Dangote Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE, after all parties in the suit had joined issues.

It will be recalled that Dangote Refinery had filed the suit in August 2024, urging the court to stop NMDPRA from further issuance of import licenses, and from imposing 0.5% levies on imported products.

The suit also sought a declaration that Dangote is exempt from all Federal, State and Local government taxes. Other defendants in the suit include the Nigerian National Petroleum Company, AYM Shafa Limited, A.A. Rano Limited, T. Time Petroleum Limited, 2015 Petroleum Limited and Matrix Petroleum Services Limited.