Onichabor Is The New CEO At West Afr...

Fidel Onichabor has taken over from James Golden as the Chief Executive Officer of the West African Exploration and Production, the upstream oil and gas subsidiary of the Dangote Group.

He was Deputy Chief Operating Officer at Seplat Petroleum until two years ago. In that role, he oversaw all Exploration, Asset Development & Drilling/Completions activities across Seplat's four operated and two non-operated acreages. Prior to joining Seplat in 2010, Onichabor was, briefly, General Manager Exploration at Sahara Energy Fields, the E&P subsidiary of the Sahara Group