Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta Development Commission, Mr Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, has stepped aside from the ongoing investigation of the commission.
The Interim Management Committee of the NDDC had last week requested that Tunji-Ojo should not preside over the probe as he had also been accused of “crime” against the commission.
Recalls that acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Prof Kemebrandikumo Pondei, and other top officials of the commission walked out of the venue on investigative hearing being held by the House of Representatives on Thursday, 17 July.
It was reported that Pondei walked out of the hearing in Abuja, after accusing the Chairman of the committee Rep. Olubumi Tunji-Ojo (APC-Ondo) of corruption.