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| Acting Managing Director of the NDDC, Daniel Pondei appears to faint on Monday during interrogation on Monday. |
Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta
Development Commission, Daniel Pondei, appeared to faint as the House of
Representatives committee on NDDC grilled him on Monday.
The committee is in its fourth day of public hearing
as it investigates alleged financial misappropriation at the agency.
Pondei had been grilled for over an hour and when he slowly slumped over his desk, appearing too faint.
Once he was spotted, several people present at the
hearing rushed to his aid, propping him up and attempting to stabilise him,
with the proceedings halted.
He then appeared to be in a seizure with a man,
holding open his mouth as others held him upright. After he appeared to regain
and lose composure intermittently, he was moved out of the session.
The development led to a brief discussion about the
next step to take. A move to have the session adjourned was shouted before the
Deputy Chairman of the Committee called for a 30-minute recess.
Lawmakers investigating corruption allegations in the
NDDC had on Friday summoned Pondei and the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs,
Senator Godswill Akpabio, to appear before them today (Monday) as the country
sought to understand how budgetary allocations to the agency had been spent.
The controversy had seen strong allegations of
corruption traded between the Minister and the former MD of the NDDC, Joi
Nunei, who appeared before the lawmakers via Zoom on Friday.
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