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Breaking: Rivers Warns Senator Akpabio Over Joy Nuneih, Says Nothing Must Happen To Her

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By Akinwale Kasali

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The crisis rocking the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, had taken another dimension.

Following the series of accusations and counter- accusations from the Minister For Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill  Akpabio, and the former Acting Managing Director of the Interim Board of the NDDC, Joy Nuneih, the Rivers State Government has warned Akpabio to not mess with Nunieh.

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The former NDDC boss is a daughter of Rivers State.

The Rivers state government in giving Akpabio notice, warned   that nothing must happen to Nunieh.

A statement by Paulinus Nsirim, the state  Commissioner for Information reads:

“Rivers State Government has viewed with concern, the recent developments at the Niger Delta Development Commission(NDDC) in which the name of our daughter, Dr. Joi Nunieh, the immediate past Acting Managing Director of the Commission, has been dragged into.

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“We hereby call on those involved in the ongoing investigations in the NDDC to ensure that Dr. Joi Nunieh does not suffer any harm in the course of their undertakings.

“We wish to state categorically that the Rivers State Government will never support any action that will prevent or jeopardize the laudable intentions of His Excellency, President Muhammadu Buhari, GCFR, to positively reposition the NDDC and fulfill the yearnings and aspirations of the people of the Niger Delta.

“However, we wish to state that while we are not interested in identifying with the present unfolding drama in the NDDC, we will not  fail to protect our daughter from actual harm, or perceived danger.

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“The State owes it as a duty to protect her citizens from danger, no matter their political affiliation, and we cannot fold our hands and watch anyone harm her or indeed any Rivers citizen.

“We advise those involved in the present altercations in the NDDC to thread with caution in their actions and utterances”.


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