The Delta State House of Assembly is the scene of a nasty row over lucrative contracts for vehicles, reportedly worth millions of Naira, procured to the Delta State Oil Producing Areas Development Commission (DESOPADEC). According to
sources within DESOPADEC, the principal
figures in this fight are the House Speaker and his Deputy, Mr. Monday
Igbuya and Mr. Friday Osanebi respectively, and the Chairwoman of the
House Committee on Finance and Appropriation, Mrs. Erhiatake Ibori.
It will be recalled that Mrs. Ibori is the daughter of James Ibori the former Governor of Delta State.
Speaking to SaharaReporters on condition of anonymity, a director at
DESOPADEC disclosed that the fight has been going on for quite some
time.
The director went on to say that the three are "threatening each
other with diabolical means,” he continued stating that three “also
threatened the commission [DESOPADEC] if the commission should refuse to
give the supply contract to the house.”
The source expressed concern that the current monies allotted for the
purchase of vehicles, N200 million, will prove insufficient as the “the
price for one vehicle will be tripled” by the corrupt lawmakers.
The anonymous director noted a further complexity to the situation in
the person of Mr.
Ross Uredi. Mr. Uredi received the governmental
contract to supply the vehicles as payback for his support of the
election of Governor Ifeanyi Okowa.
According to our source, DESOPADEC invited Mr. Uredi to discuss the
contract but he refused to discuss any details, citing DESOPADEC’s lack
of funds to purchase the vehicles.
The lack of funds is due entirely to
the squabbling of the lawmakers. Mr. Uredi also informed DESOPADEC that
he could not wait until next year when the commission will have a new
budget.
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