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 deman 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.
8) 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
Saturday, 8th August 2020
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