How Thugs Disrupted Press Conference Of Ex-NDDC MD At Senate

A press conference hosted by Joy Nunieh, former acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), yesterday was disrupted by suspected thugs.

Recall that Akpabio and Nunieh are facing probing by a senate ad hoc panel over an alleged mismanagement of N40 billion by the interim management committee (IMC) of the NDDC.

Akpabio had at the hearing claimed that he doesn’t know the expenditure of the NDDC, because Nunieh refused to brief him.

“She does not pick my calls until one day she came to my house and told me I have five minutes,” the minister told the senators.

Akpabio  reportedly pushed for the sack of Nunieh.

The minister further denied getting a N300 million fencing contract from the commission, while responding to the accusation by Peter Nwaoboshi, chairman of the senate committee on NDDC.

After Akpabio left, Nunieh also spoke with journalists.

She alleged that while she was NDDC acting MD, Akpabio wanted her to take “illegal actions”.

“I challenge him to say that he did not give me any oath on the certificate of no objection that he has. I’m proud and I must encourage all Nigerians that we must save this country,” Nunieh said.

“He said I did not bring money and that I was talking to ministers against his presidential ambition. He gave me a list of people to employ, I said I will not employ them because the youths in our zone have not gotten jobs.”

While she was still speaking, the thugs disrupted the conference and this made journalists flee to safety.