Drama as NDDC Boss, others walk out on Reps

Top officials of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, walked out of the venue of the investigative hearing being held by the House of Representatives.

The Acting Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Prof Kemebrandikumo Pondei, who led members of the Interim Management Committee of the commission to the hearing, demanded that the chairman, Mr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo steps down as he had also been accused of various crimes against the commission.

Pondei walk out of the hearing on Thursday in Abuja, after accusing the chairman of the committee, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo of corruption.

“We in the NDDC are not comfortable with the chairman of this committee, presiding over a matter.

“He is an accused party, the NDDC has over time accused Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo of different crimes against the NDDC and he has responded in the press.

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“He is an interested party and we do not believe that NDDC can have justice because he cannot sit on his own case.
“We have no issue of appearing, we appeared before senate ad-hoc committee, ” he said.

He added that as long as Tunji-Ojo remained member of the House Committee on the matter, he and his team would not make any presentation.