AGF says NMDPRA can’t oversee, shut down Dangote Refinery – FHC Judge

Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court sitting successful Lagos says helium has seen a papers from the Attorney-General of the Federation which intelligibly stated that the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority, NMDPRA, cannot workout regulatory oregon oversight functions implicit firms operating wrong a escaped commercialized zone, successful this case, Dangote Refinery.

Justice Aluko disclosed this on Monday while granting an interim bid restraining the NMDPRA from shutting down Dangote Petroleum Refinery nether the guise of performing oversight functions.

The justice granted a question ex parte successful a suit marked FHC/L/CS/1174/26, filed and moved by lawyers to Dangote Petroleum Refinery, led by Olawale Akoni, SAN.

DAILY POST reports that the 700,000-barrel-per-day refinery, done its lawyers, had asked the tribunal for “an bid restraining the defendant, whether by itself, officers, servants, agents, partners, representatives, privies, oregon immoderate idiosyncratic acting nether its authorization oregon direction, from enforcing, implementing, giving afloat effect to, oregon taking immoderate steps oregon further steps pursuant to the directive contained successful its missive dated August 24, 2026, by which it purported to suspend each loading and truck-out of products from the plaintiff’s refinery pending the proceeding and determination of the question connected notice, which has been filed contemporaneously with the contiguous ap...