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NDDC Forensic Audit: “Buhari’s vow to recover loot, punish offenders mere rhetoric” – INC Chief

January 4, 2022January 4, 2022 Aminu Imam

The President of the Ijaw National Congress, (INC), Professor Benjamin Okaba, has expressed reservations about President Muhammadu Buhari’s vow to recover every kobo looted at the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) and ensure that those found culpable in the forensic audit report shall face the law. Buhari made the declaration in his address in Abuja at the virtual opening of the NDDC Prototype Hostel at the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, on Thursday. Okaba, who stated this during a television programme on Sunday, described the president’s tough-talking as mere…

“Nigeria collapsing under ‘fraudulent’ 1999 Constitution” – Ijaw National Congress to Obasanjo

December 31, 2021December 31, 2021 Aminu Imam

The President of the Ijaw National Congress (INC), Professor Benjamin Okaba, has berated former President Olusegun Obasanjo for using the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria to justify his claims that crude oil and gas in the Niger-Delta belonged to the country and not the people of the region. Okaba, who stated this during a television programme yesterday, described Obasanjo’s position as a second thought as it contradicts his earlier argument that mineral resources in the Niger-Delta were given by God for all Nigerians. He argued that the former President could not…

Secession calls: Ijaw leaders insist on demands before Buhari

August 12, 2021August 12, 2021 Aminu Imam

…Says it’s non-negotiable President of Ijaw National Congress (INC), Prof. Benjamin Okaba, has declared that the refusal of President Muhammadu Buhari to meet the demands tabled before him by Ijaw leaders during their last meeting in Abuja may lead to the declaration of an independent Ijaw nation. Okaba stated this in Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, during a reception and award of excellence organised by people of Akassa, Nembe and Ogbia communities in honour of National Vice President 2 of the INC, Chief Nengi James-Eriworio and National Legal Adviser, Mrs.…