An anti-corruption agency, under the aegis of Niger-Delta Transparency Watch, has called on the leadership of the Senate to suspend Senator Peter Nwoboshi, Chairman Senate Committee on Niger Delta over statements credited to him that no warrant of arrest was issued against the Acting Sole Administrator of Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Effiong Akwa.
The group in a statement co-signed by the Executive Director, Sampson Fingesi, Director of Administration Eric Digifa and Secretary, Stella Unye Pepple said it was baffled at the attempt by Nwoboshi to upturn the resolution reached by the Senate Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petition which on February 22 which slammed a warrant of arrest on the current management of NDDC and the Interim Management Committee headed by its former Managing Director, Daniel Pondei after they failed to honour its invitation a fourth time.
“As stakeholders and watchers in the region, we are baffled by the misleading and mischievous misrepresentation by Senator Peter Nwoboshi when the Senator on a visit to NDDC office told the NDDC Acting Sole Administrator that there was no bench warrant of arrest issued against him by the Senate.”
According to the group, Nwoboshi’s statement seeks to overrule the position of a committee duly constituted by the Senate under the leadership of the President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan.
The group called on the leadership of the Senate to investigate Nwoboshi with a view to not only punish him but also ensure he does not derail and compromise the ongoing investigation.