The Senate had on Tuesday, May 5, 2020, asked the ad hoc panel to conduct a probe into the alleged reckless spending of N40bn in the NDDC under the supervision of Akpabio as Minister of the Ministry of Niger Delta Affairs. Meanwhile, the Deputy President of the Senate, Ovie Omo-Agege, has described as fake, a letter purportedly written on his behalf by the Clerk to the National Assembly, Nelson Ayewoh. According to the letter, Omo-Agege urged the EFCC to probe the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, over allegations of corruption levelled against him. Part of the statement read, “This Office hereby states that the said letter is false, fake, malicious, mischievous and vexatious. “If the National Assembly means well, it should probe the allegations that its committee chairmen in the persons of Senator Peter Nwaoboshi and Hon.

Source: Punch June 08, 2020 02:15 UTC