Immediate past governor of Delta State , Dr . Emmanuel Uduaghan , has denied the allegation by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs , Senator Godswill Akpabio, accusing him ( Uduaghan ) of collecting N 429million road contract from the Niger Delta Development Commission .
While maintaining that the allegation is false , Uduaghan also described the report as “ laughable and untrue in its entirety ” .
Akpabio, in a letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives , Femi Gbajabiamila , had linked Uduaghan and Chief James Ibori , also a former governor of Delta , among others with some contracts awarded by NDDC .
The Minister was quoted as saying that Uduaghan , now a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress ( APC ) , was linked to the emergency repairs of Close B , Alhaji Estate & Environs , Rumuodomaya , Port Harcourt at a cost of N 429million .
But Udugahan , in a swift reaction debunked the allegation , stressing that he “ had never approached the NDDC for any contract whatsoever” .
Uduaghan , in a statement signed by his Media Assistant , Monoyo Edon , copies of which were made available to journalists in Warri on Monday said he had already reached out to Akpabio, his former governor colleague , “ to immediately correct the report ” as he had never been awarded contracts by the interventionist agency .
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