A Federal High Court in Lagos has restrained the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA) from enforcing its directive suspending the loading and truck-out of petroleum products from the Dangote Petroleum Refinery. Justice Akintayo Aluko issued the interim injunction on Monday in a legal battle between the refinery and the regulator over NMDPRA's regulatory powers within the free zone where the refinery operates. The court also restrained NMDPRA from entering, sealing, shutting down, restricting access to, obstructing, suspending, disrupting, inspecting, supervising, sanctioning, or otherwise interfering with Dangote Refinery's operations at the Lekki Free Zone pending the determination of the refinery's motion on notice. The order followed an ex-parte application filed by Dangote Petroleum Refinery and Petrochemicals FZE.
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