FCCPC Drops the Compliance Violation Case Against MTN Nigeria Executives

The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (FCCPC) has dropped the compliance violation case against MTN Nigeria executives, including the company’s CEO, Karl Toriola. This decision brings a new twist to a case that first began in July 2024.

The FCCPC compliance violation case against MTN Nigeria started because the commission said that Mr. Toriola and other top officials did not follow the rules. Along with Toriola, the other executives involved were Tobechukwu Okigbo, MTN’s Chief Corporate Services and Sustainability Officer, and Ikenna Ikeme, the General Manager of Regulatory Affairs. The FCCPC accused them of ignoring a legal request to provide documents and information the commission needed.

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The commission’s lawyers had planned to take the MTN Nigeria executives to court on September 25, 2025. But when the day came, the judge was not in court, so the case had to be postponed to October 30, 2025. Just before the hearing, the FCCPC filed a notice to stop the case, which means the FCCPC drops compliance violation case against MTN Nigeria executives officially.

This withdrawal followed the rules in the Administration of Criminal Justice Act. According to the law, the government or its agencies, like the FCCPC, can stop a criminal case at any time before the court gives a judgment. The FCCPC’s lawyer, Nsitem Chizenum, said the commission was fully dropping the charges and ending the case.

So, the FCCPC compliance violation case against MTN Nigeria executives is now over, at least for now. When the court meets again in October, the prosecution will officially tell the court about the withdrawal, and the judge will make the final decision.

To understand what happened before, the FCCPC had charged MTN Nigeria Communications Plc and the three executives with two counts. They said that the company and its leaders didn’t obey a lawful order from the FCCPC in May 2024 to share important documents and information. The commission said on June 18, 2024, the MTN executives refused to provide these documents, which stopped the FCCPC from properly investigating.

The FCCPC lawyer also said these actions broke a specific part of the law called Section 33(3) of the Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Act, 2018. Earlier in the case, the MTN officials didn’t attend some court sessions, and the commission asked for more time to look at the case details. The court granted this and moved the hearing to later dates.

Many people watched the FCCPC compliance violation case against MTN Nigeria closely because it involved serious government actions against one of Nigeria’s biggest telecom companies. Now that the FCCPC drops the compliance violation case against MTN Nigeria, MTN’s leaders can focus more on growing the business and less on court problems.

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In another recent update, MTN Group announced that Karl Toriola will also become Vice President of Francophone Africa starting November 1, 2025. This new job means Mr. Toriola will help MTN expand in French-speaking African countries like Senegal, Cameroon, and Côte d’Ivoire. This change is part of MTN’s plan to grow its market in those regions.

So as FCCPC drops the compliance violation case against MTN Nigeria executives, it clears the way for the company’s leaders. It ends the legal battle for now and lets them work on new opportunities for the company, especially in expanding MTN’s reach across Africa.

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