The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Chief Godswill Akpabio, appears to be trapped in the winds of corruption over the investigation of the N40 billion scandal and other petitions against the Interim Management Committee (IMC) of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDD), by the National Assembly as alleged plot to secretly burn the NDDC office in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, leaks.

A group om NDDC surveillance had raised alarm on Sunday that a move allegedly nearing execution to set ablaze the office of the Executive Director of Finance and Administration of NDDC in order to destroy some original documents relating to the NDDC probe in the National Assembly has been uncovered.

The statement of the surveillance group recalled that Senator Akpabio had earlier announced that the NDDC EDFA, Chief Ibanga Etang, had died of COVID-19 and quickly instructed the Interim Management Committee of the NDDC to shut down the headquarters immediately.

The minister is suspected to have purportedly feigned the sudden death of the Executive Director of Finance and Administration under coronavirus to preempt and forestall inquiry into the sudden death of the Director of a sensitive Department in the NDDC at a time investigation is ongoing in the National Assembly. In addition, more petitions on alleged corruption have been sent to the Federal Lawmakers for further investigation and probe.

"While it came as a rude shock to many that the Senator has suddenly assumed the role of the NCDC by pronouncing that the late Director of Finance died of Coronavirus when no Covid-19 symptoms or test was reported before his death; result from NCDC of the deceased, however, came out surprisingly negative upon procession of samples,” the statement read.

The group further stated: “It further became a shocker when the IMC-led management announced a shutdown of its headquarter through a memo signed by Silas Anyawu. This, however, did not go well in some quarters that believed it is Akpabio’s plot to evade the NDDC probe and destroy some implicating files.

“Why didn’t the Presidency shut down the Villa when the former Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, tested positive to the virus and died later.”

The statement alleged that investigation revealed that the fire which will be set by some hired youths who have already received part payment, will be blamed on the commission staff's failure to turn off electrical appliances after a memo had been released for all Staff of NDDC to shut down every electrical appliances in their respective units.

The memo was said to have emphasized that ‘Members of staff are to ensure that all electrical appliances in their offices are switched off before leaving the premises.

It was indicated that Akpabio has equally been accused of knowing what actually killed his kinsman who is suspected to have been sacrificed to conceal the truth behind the IMC financial misappropriation and to frustrate the effort of the House Committee of both Chambers of the National Assembly.

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