Nigerian oil billionaire and founder of Oriental Energy Resources, Muhammadu Indimi, has applied to join the appeal against a court judgement ordering the company to pay $43.51 million to his twin daughters over a dispute involving dividend entitlements. Indimi is seeking to participate in the appeal in his personal capacity despite the company’s existing appeal against the judgement. Court documents show the disagreement centres on the ownership stakes of Ameena and Zara Indimi in Oriental Energy Resources. The Court of Appeal is expected to first decide whether Indimi should be joined as a party in the case before proceeding to hear the substantive appeal. Indimi established Oriental Energy Resources in the early 1990s and is widely recognised as one of Nigeria’s pioneer indigenous oil entrepreneurs.