Dangote defeated bandits in petroleum sector, power is next – Joe Igbokwe





Thursday, December 25, 2025

 A leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Joe
Igbokwe, has said that billionaire businessman Aliko Dangote has defeated those
he called “bandits” in Nigeria’s petroleum sector.

Igbokwe also said that people he described as bandits in the
power generation, transmission, and distribution sector would be the next to be
tackled.

Posting on X, he wrote: “Alhaji Aliko Dangote has defeated
the bandits in the Petroleum industry hands down.

“The next to deal with new are the bandits in the power
Generation, Transmission and Distribution sector that are dealing with us now.”

Dangote recently wrote to the
Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).

He accused the former Chief Executive Officer of the
Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA),
Farouk Ahmed, of spending $5 million on his children’s school fees in
Switzerland.

The ICPC confirmed on Tuesday that it has received the
petition

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