The legal adviser to Chief Edwin Clark and a Human Right activist, Kayode Ajulo, has, on Thursday, said that the letter of his client to the National Assembly on the investigative probe of Interim Management Committee of NDDC has been misrepresented.
The human right activist declared in telephone conversation on Thursday that the Ijaw nationalist felt so bad that his letter to the National Assembly was already being misconstrued to suit the purpose and intent of some individuals.
“I think I am obliged to clear the the air that the letter of Chief Edwin Clark to the National Assembly is already being misrepresented and misinterpreted by certain individuals. For the purpose of clarification, Chief Clark is not in any way against the probe of the NDDC management, but he was only advocating for an all inclusive probe since the IMC had also leveled serious allegations against certain National Assembly members,” he said.
Ajulo also added that Chief Clark who is an elder statesman was really concerned about the issue of endemic corruption in NDDC and would want it investigated and exposed once and for all.
He also said the letter of Chief Clark does not indicate that he had taken side with anyone that might have corruptly enriched himself with the resources of NDDC which are constitutionally meant for the development of the Niger Delta region.
“Chief Clark would never trade his hard earned integrity for any gain and take side with anyone whose selfish interest is against the general interest of the Niger Delta people. Baba only wants the allegations and counter allegations to be investigated by the National Assembly. He only feels that the counter allegations made by members of the Interim Management Committee should equally be investigated by the National Assembly,” he added.
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However, Ajulo has further expressed his opinion that the wild allegations made by the NDDC against the National Assembly are only targeted at the Senate Committee Chairman on NDDC, Senator Peter Nwaoboshi who is a ranking senator.
He therefore said that it would be utterly wrong and unconscionable for anybody to have tried to link anything that is unbecoming with the House Committee Chairman on NDDC who is only a first timer and had barely spent seven months in office as Chairman.
Ajulo added that it was even doubtful if the House Committee Chairman on NDDC has approved any budget for the interventionist agency. He has therefore urged those that had made allegations to publicly substantiate them or better still remain silent forever.
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