Africa’s foremost businessman, Alhaji Aliko Dangote, has withdrawn his petition to the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) against the former Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Alhaji Farouk Ahmed.
However, the ICPC said there was no going back on its investigation of Ahmed, stressing that the matter is in the public interest.
The anti-graft agency has activated a formal procedure to reach out to schools in Switzerland to verify whether Farouk’s children were, or are, enrolled in the institutions listed in the petition.
Dangote had alleged that Ahmed expended, without evidence of lawful income, a humongous sum of over $7 million in public funds on the education of his four children in different schools in Switzerland, allegedly paying fees upfront for a period of six years.
Investigation by our correspondent revealed that Dangote decided to withdraw his petition from the ICPC because a similar complaint is already being investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
A source at the commission said: “We asked him to come in person to adopt his petition because our law does not allow representation in criminal matters.
“We pleaded with Dangote to come to the ICPC headquarters in Abuja on December 29 to do the needful.
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