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Niger Delta leaders frown at ICPC’s ill-motivated actions, laud Akpabio for quality leadership

&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Niger Delta leaders and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission &lpar;ICPC&rpar; is set for an unprecedented showdown&period;  <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The<a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thenationonlineng&period;net"> showdown<&sol;a> arises from the interrogation of senior management staff of the Niger Delta Development Commission &lpar;NDDC&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Notable leaders in the region&comma; under the aegis of Niger Delta Leaders Forum &lpar;NDLF&rpar; see the action of ICPC as a distraction&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Speaking in <strong>Port-Harcourt&comma;<&sol;strong> NDLF  spokesperson&comma; Chief John Harry&comma; described the invitation of NDDC officials by ICPC as unnecessary and ill-motivated&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">He was flanked by Akwa-Ibom&comma; Cross Rivers&comma; Abia&comma; Rivers&comma; Imo&comma; Bayelsa&comma; Delta&comma; Edo and Ondo representatives&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">In a unanimous decision&comma; the Forum condemned the interrogation of the Commission’s workers&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&nbsp&semi;The leaders praised the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs&comma; Chief Godswill Akpabio for redefining leadership in the region&period; They also lauded him for sanitizing NDDC and decentralizing the functions of NDDC&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">Specifically&comma; they offered salutary praise for <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">Akpabio’s solutions<&sol;a> to the region’s problems&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;His effective actualization of the ideals on which the Commission was established is salutory&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&OpenCurlyQuote;’Chief Godswill Akpabio is the most positive Minister in the Niger Delta region&comma;’’ he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The leaders also commended Akpabio for the sense of independence in the interventionist agency&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h2 class&equals;"wp-block-heading"><strong>CONFLICT<&sol;strong><&sol;h2>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;ICPC’s approach will conflict with the mandate of the Interim Management Committee and the Act setting up the Commission&period; It is in every sense witch hunting’’<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">The leaders accused <a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;thisdaylive&period;com">ICPC <&sol;a>of disrupting the progress of the region&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&OpenCurlyQuote;What ICPC has done now is sabotage of the forensic agenda of President Muhammadu Buhari&period; The Interim Management Committee is a panacea for the region’s problem&comma; IMC’s problem is understandable&period; Some politicians want to control the Commission&period; The idea of a minister who is not controlled by them is unthinkable’’<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">They urged <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">President Buhari<&sol;a> to ignore the antics of mischief makers and pecuniary seeking elements&period; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Their actions are unpatriotic as they are all out to bring down the minister and the IMC&comma;” they submitted&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"wp-block-paragraph">&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;There has been well oiled machinery by failed politicians to bring down Akpabio and the Interim Management Committee&period;&nbsp&semi; Those frustrated by the achievements recorded by the IMC are using ICPC against the Commission&comma;’’ the leaders said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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