The Director-General of the Energy Commission, Mustapha Abdullahi, is currently literally swimming in troubled waters over an alleged laundering of more than N500 billion.
Abdullahi is said to have been arrested by the operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and is currently cooling his heels in the anti-graft agency’s custody.
Abdullahi was reportedly arrested on Wednesday in Abuja.
It would be recalled that in October 2023, President Bola Tinubu appointed Abdullahi as the DG and CEO of the commission.
Abdullahi was appointed after he had worked for more than 10 years in the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC).
Also, recall that in December 2025, Network Against Corruption and Drug Trafficking (NACAT), a civil society organisation, petitioned Tinubu, EFCC, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), over alleged corruption in the commission.
The CSO accused the ECN DG of engaging in what it described as a “well-coordinated and brazen scheme” involving the illegal award and payment of solar streetlight contracts worth several hundreds of millions to five companies allegedly owned and controlled by the same individuals.
The CSO alleged that all five companies were registered within a single week in late October and early November 2023, shared similar addresses in Abuja, and allegedly had the same directors.
NACAT alleged that Nigeria’s procurement laws were brazenly violated in the award of the contracts, adding that the action is a betrayal of public trust.
