After being mentioned in the NDDC probe, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu has responded to the allegation sent in a letter by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio.
Kalu gave a statement stating that it was a case of missing funds, not NDDC projects that had been carried out. He further says that the projects where his name come up were done when he was a private citizen and that even the money had to been paid to the contractors who did the work.
Kalu claims he is only being included because of his customised stationery which he used to send a letter to the NDDC in 2016.
The statement also mentioned that since Abia is an NDDC state, he pleaded for intervention due to the deplorable road conditions while he was on tour on the state. When the contracts were awarded, he says he had no share in them but the intervention was responded to since it came from him.
He says there is only one road left and that the road is still under construction. “The NDDC in their consideration which I am very grateful to awarded the roads to companies that duly tendered for the projects and not myself. Whatever link I have with the projects is because it was considered due to my intervention. The contractors have completed and delivered these roads a long time ago, except Abam-Atani road which I learnt from the contractors was slowed down due to rain, but still ongoing,” part of the statement read.
