The Minister of Niger Delta
Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has said that those who are opposed to the
forensic audit of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) are behind the
attacks against him.
According to him, the same people
are also behind spurious allegations being made against him.
Akpabio, according to the Nation,
said that instead of taking up issues with those behind the attacks, he would
remain focused to deliver on the mandate given him by President Muhammadu
Buhari, “who ordered the forensic audit”
The former lawmaker assured the
people of Niger Delta that President Buhari would make a huge impact on the
region in the next four years and urged them to continue to support the current
administration.
The former Akwa Ibom State
Governor pointed out that he had always carried out any assignment given him
with seriousness, adding that this will not be different and recalled his
strides in Akwa Ibom state as governor where he transformed infrastructure.
The Minister denied the
insinuation that he collected money from the former Managing Director of NDDC
Nsima Ekere or any other individual for that matter.
He described the allegation as
“spurious and part of the conspiracy of those who have been milking the
resources meant for the development of the Niger Delta for the past 19 years.”
He said it is part of their
effort to frustrate the forensic audit of NDDC accounts.
Akpabio described the attacks
against him “as a case of corruption fighting back because they have not
thought that a forensic audit of the accounts of the commission could ever be
ordered.”
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