The Energy Commission of Nigeria (ECN) says Mustapha Abdullahi has resumed duty at the commission’s headquarters in Abuja following his arrest by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged money laundering offences.
In a post on X on Thursday, the commission described
Abdullahi as its “capacity DG”.
“Our Capacity DG is back!” the commission wrote.
The ECN said the director-general had officially resumed
duties at the agency’s headquarters and expressed gratitude to God and
President Bola Tinubu.
TheCable had reported that EFCC operatives arrested
Abdullahi in Abuja over alleged money laundering offences involving more than
N500 billion.
The anti-graft agency was said to have taken the ECN boss
into custody for further investigation.
Tinubu appointed Abdullahi as director-general and chief
executive officer of the commission in October 2023.
Before his appointment, Abdullahi had worked for more than
10 years at the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC).
In December 2025, Network Against Corruption and Drug
Trafficking (NACAT) petitioned Tinubu, the EFCC, and the Independent Corrupt
Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over alleged corruption
within the commission.
The group accused Abdullahi of involvement in what it
described as a coordinated scheme involving the award and payment of solar
streetlight contracts worth hundreds of millions of naira to five companies
allegedly linked to the same individuals.
NACAT alleged that the companies were registered within the
same period, shared similar addresses in Abuja, and had common directors.
The organisation also alleged that procurement laws were
violated in the award of the contracts.
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