Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE has filed a suit at the Federal High Court in Abuja, requesting the revocation of import licenses granted to the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPCL), Matrix Petroleum Services Limited, A. A. Rano Limited, and four other companies for importing refined petroleum products already being produced locally by Dangote without shortages.
In the case, numbered FHC/ABJ/CS/1324/2024, Dangote Refinery is also seeking N100 billion in damages from the Nigeria Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) for allegedly continuing to issue import licenses to NNPCL, Matrix Energy, and others for products like Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) and Jet Fuel, despite Dangote’s production exceeding Nigeria’s daily consumption.
The defendants in the suit include NMDPRA, NNPCL, Aym Shafa Limited, A. A. Rano Limited, T. Time Petroleum Limited, 2015 Petroleum Limited, and Matrix Petroleum Services Limited.
