Following the recent social media
claims that the Niger Delta Commission is demanding refund from the senator
Peter Nwaobosh, representing Delta North senatorial district in the 9th senate,
the red chamber lawmaker has reacted to the demand which has been tagged as
invisible.
In statement released on
Saturday, August 8, 2020, by the media aide to the senator, the lawmaker stated
that no letter has been received by his office and no copy has been seen
anywhere else online.
He advised that the sponsor of
the letter should have gone through the legal path if his claims are genuine
and implore reputable media to ignore the letter.
Read statement in full
Our attention has been drawn to
the purported subject matter above, credited to one Peter Claver Okoro, Esq,
posing as the Director, Legal Services of the Niger Delta Development
Commission (NDDC) and we make bold to state the following:
1) The purported letter addressed
to the Distinguished Senator Peter Nwaoboshi was written on the 5th of July
2020 and as at today, 8th of August 2020, said letter has not reached Senator
Peter Nwaoboshi - either in person or Office or by substitution.
2) We have searched through the
internet, no one has seen a copy of an officially signed letter on the above
claim. This would have helped us identify whoever has signed to go to jail for
such an unimaginable falsehood in a supposed corporate environment.
3) The purported letter, unlike
any formal letter emanating from a recognized government Ministry, Agency or
Department is not signed, therefore, can easily be denied.
The ostensive letter is obviously
fake as it was not conveyed through the official letter-headed paper of the
NDDC, one would not expect any serious media organization to pay attention to
such as it is obviously meant for the usual blackmail to divert attention from
the monumental corruption charges hanging on the management.
4) Our media organizations, aside
failing to reach out for a balanced story, ignored the many obvious traps in
the said letter that inadvertently has the name of someone from “Delta
Development Commission” as contained in the piece sighted online.
5) Nowhere in the contents of the
purported letter was it stated that the contractor is directly linked to
Distinguished Senator Peter Nwaoboshi. it is expected that since the said
letter did not claim the contract was awarded to Sen Peter Nwaboshi, there was
no way he could be asked to make a refund. The scam meant for blackmail contain
ominous sign of a fake piece.
6) In addition, nowhere in the
purported letter was it stated that the warehouse, where the plastic chairs
were domiciled belongs to Distinguished Senator Peter Nwaoboshi.
7) The purported letter is
absolutely fake and should be ignored by the public. We also appeal to the
media to be more diligent and not allow criminals on the prowl take false
advantage of freedom of expression to malign innocent citizens.
We appeal to the media
organizations who have published, unknowingly, to immediately correct the
attempt to legitimize the fake piece.
9) We are also not ruling out
media urchins who may have been recruited by the desperate members of the IMC
of NDDC in an attempt to divert public attention from the humongous corruption
allegations. The public should, therefore, pay no attention to such debauchery.
However, if the IMC of NDDC feel
they truly have a genuine case against Senator Peter Nwaoboshi as contained in
the purported letter, we are challenging them to go to the law court or make
use of every legal procedure available to them. A clear conscience fears no
accusation.
Awele Onokwai Legislative/Media
Aide to Sen Peter Nwaoboshi
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