NDDC: Urhobo Youths Drag Akpabio To Court Over Appointment Of Sole Administrator

The Urhobo Youth Leaders Council (UYLC) led by Comr Lucky Emonefe on Tuesday dragged the Minister for Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to court over the appointment of a sole administrator for the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) .

Lucky Emonefe in suit no:FHC/WR/CS/2/2021filed at the Federal High Court , Warri, Delta State, approached the court through his counsel to challenge the appointment of a sole administrator without recourse to NDDC Act.

He said: “As a group, we know as a matter of fact that the appointment of the sole administrator is illegal, null and void and a breach of the Act establishing the NDDC.

“We are asking the court for a restraining order against the federal government, the attorney general of the federation, Minister of Niger Delta Affairs and the sole administrator.”

Adding that Urhobo youths drawn from all the clans of Urhobo Nation have frowned at the politics within the NDDC board and in the presidency at the detriment of the people of the Niger Delta and the Urhobos’ in particular.

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He further expressed the body’s displeasure over the recent appointment of a Sole Administration to manage the affairs of the Commission which he said is an aberration and deviation from the aims for which the commission was established.

Furthermore, they advised Mr. President to hearken to the demands of the region’s stakeholders and Governors of the South South by putting in place a substantive NDDC board and not a sole administrator for NDDC, saying Niger Delta is too sensitive a region to gamble with.