The Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has linked two former governors of Delta State, Messrs James Ibori and Emmanuel Uduaghan, to the various contracts awarded by the Niger Delta Development Commissions.
In the list submitted to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Mr. Femi Gbajabiamila, on July 23 by Akpabio, the names of the Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu and Senator Ifeanyi Ararume, among others are included.
The letter that is addressed to the Clerk of the House, Mr. Patrick Giwa, also copied to the office of the Attorney-General of the Federal and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Melani (SAN), with Reference Number MNDA/HM/04/IV/158.
The letter is titled, ‘Some Niger Delta Development Commission Contracts Allegedly Given to Some Members of the National Assembly (Senate and House of Representatives).’
According to the documents, the emergency repairs projects link to them are awarded in 2018 at the cost which ranges between ₦400m to ₦560m each.
One of the projects linked to Ibori was the emergency repairs of the Onoghove community road from Ajanesan to Western Delta University at a cost of N485.7m.
Uduaghan was linked to the emergency repairs of Close B, Alhaji Estate & Environs, Rumuodomaya, Port Harcourt at a cost of N429m.
Five projects were linked to Kalu, who was simply identified in the document as OUK-Kalu (the project source).
The emergency repairs on road projects linked to Kalu are in Abia State and the costs ranged from N517m to N560m.
The details are Emergency repairs of Ezere-Acha-Ndiokoukwu Road (N517.9m) and repairs of Amaubiri-Eluama-Uru Ring Road, Lokpaukwu, Umuchieze (N560m).
Others linked to Kalu are Ndi Oji Abam-Atan Road (N523.7m), Okafia-Ozuitem-Bende road (508m), and the Ozu-Amuru-Abam Road at the cost of N523.4m.
The cost of the 12 projects linked to Senator Ifeanyi Ararume, located in Imo and Rivers states, was not indicated in the documents.
The NDDC document, however, listed some of the projects to include, emergency repairs of Umuelemai-Aba branch road, Anara-Okwelle-Umuna Road, Okpara-Road junction-Ogili Community all in Imo State.
