By Ben Ogbemudia
Code of Conduct Bureau Ad-hoc committee charged to investigate the alleged 100 million naira bribe reportedly paid by Senator Godswill Akpabio, the Niger Delta Minister, to the staff of the Code of Conduct Bureau to illegally generate backdated asset declaration documents in favour of the embattled Effiong Akwa the Sole Administrator of the Niger Delta Development Commission has submitted their report.

Effiong Akwa widely considered an ally of Minister Akpabio was reportedly favoured or handpicked, according to other versions of the report – by him to head the NDDC.

Mr. Effiong Akwa, NDDC’s Sole Administrator, also faced the committee on Wednesday, March 24, over the investigation into the alleged claims that some members of the Bureau were bribed to commit asset declaration fraud on his behalf.

Chairman of the Committee, Hon. Ehiozuwa Agbonayeman said his committee has done the needful, that is now left for the Bureau to let Nigerians know what really transpired.

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The bribery, according to the reports containing the accusations, was made following an indicting discovery that Mr. Effiong Akwa had failed to declare his assets in line with extant rules guiding public office service, a situation that places his continuation as the interim head of the NDDC in potential jeopardy.

The Bureau board commissioned an investigation last April this year to establish the veracity of the allegation against its officials and public officers involved, including the Federal Minister, Senator Godswill Akabio and Mr. Effiong Ekwa of the NDDC.