…says ‘Sen Nwaoboshi’s house is NDDC warehouse’
Executive Director of Projects, Interim Management Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission, Dr Cairo Ojougboh, says alleged criminal activities of the House Committee on NDDC must be investigated.
Ojuogboh also alleged that the activities of the entire National Assembly must be critically examined for Nigeria to move forward.
He stated this on Friday while speaking at the palace of the Asagba of Asaba in Delta State, where he accused the House Committee on NDDC of perpetrating criminality.
Ojuogboh, who was addressing the Asagba of Asaba, Obi Chike Edozien, said, “I am here today to inform you that the Inspector-General of Police is coming to Asaba to inaugurate the Police Equipment Fund and brief you on what is going on in IMC.
“The reports of the National Assembly never indicted IMC. Before now, the National Assembly was the one running the place. When we came, we said no, because over 20 years, there was nothing to show in the Niger Delta region.
“They want to take the NDDC back to the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, where all these evils were perpetrated before and we said no when we came on board.
“We have a lot of criminality in the House Committee on NDDC; Senator (Peter) Nwaoboshi’s house is the warehouse of the NDDC and the National Assembly wants to be the court, the judge and the prosecutor in the NDDC matter.
“If the country must improve, we must look at the National Assembly activities. I am 60 years old now so if I don’t speak the truth now, when will I speak it? Your majesty, be assured that I have not stolen and I will not steal.”
Ojougboh said the money paid into his account was for the trip of NDDC students abroad before the COVID-19 pandemic.
Edozien, in his remarks, however, lamented that the NDDC had excluded Asaba in its operations for long.
“I am very happy to welcome you today. We did not make any mistake to confer on you the Akinuwa of Anioma. Today, you had the opportunity to explain to us what is happening in the NDDC,” he said.
But the Chairman, Senate Committee on Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi, declined to comment on the allegations by Ojuogbho.