Why we arrested, quizzed NDDC officials, ICPC reveals- Some top officials of the NDDC were recently arrested and grilled by the ICPC - Azuka Ogugua, the spokesperson of the commission, said the NDDC officials were quizzed over alleged diversion of funds, procurement fraud, etc. - Ogugua said the ICPC had already retrieved relevant documents to pursue the investigations PAY ATTENTION: Click “See First” under the “Following” tab to see Legit.ng News on your Facebook News Feed! Amid the ongoing probe of the Niger Delta Development Commission by the National Assembly, some top officials of the commission have been arrested. A report by Premium Times indicates that the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission said it recently arrested and quizzed some top officials of the commission over various allegations of corruption. Legit.ng gathers that Azuka Ogugua, the spokesperson of the commission, made this known in a statement on Saturday, August 29. According to the statement, the allegations included diversion of funds, procurement fraud and misappropriation of the agency’s COVID-19 funds. Read also N10 billion fraud allegation: IGP orders probe of Udom’s appointee “Top officials of the agency are being investigated for their complicity in an alleged diversion of N5.474 billion meant for the purchase of Personal Protective Equipment for health workers handling the COVID-19 pandemic in the nine states of NDDC," the statement read partly. The commission also said it is investigating the payments of millions of Naira to some staff for foreign training during the COVID-19 full lockdown which was never attended, among others. Ogugua said the ICPC had already retrieved relevant documents to pursue the investigations. PAY ATTENTION: Get the Latest Nigerian News Anywhere 24/7. Spend less on the Internet! Meanwhile, Legit.ng earlier reported that the leadership of the NDDC had revealed why President Muhammadu Buhari took over the funding of the agency's forensic audit. The Interim Management Committee of the NDDC disclosed that the president took over the financial responsibility following the delay of the National Assembly to pass the commission's 2020 budget. Read also Kogi guber: Huge number of APC aspirants is due to my efforts, says Gov Bello Also, the minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has faulted the ongoing probe of the NDDC by the National Assembly. Akpabio said the National Assembly ought to have expanded the scope of the probe to cover the over 19 years existence of the commission rather than focusing only on five months. The minister said this when members of the Independent Marketers Association of Nigeria visited him in Abuja. In other news, the Nigerian president, Muhammadu Buhari is facing a lawsuit filed by a transparency group, the Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project over the failure to publish details about the N800bn recovered looted public funds. The group disclosed on Sunday, Agust 30, that the suit was instituted to compel the president to disclose the dates of the recovered looted funds and details of projects on which the money has been spent. How Nigerians should fight corruption - civil society group | - on Legit TV Read also EXPLAINER: What we know and do not know about alleged leaked tapes of Rotimi Amaechi Source: Legit.ng - Some top officials of the NDDC were recently arrested and grilled by the ICPC - Azuka Ogugua, the spokesperson of the commission, said the NDDC officials were quizzed over alleged diversion of funds, procurement fraud, etc. - Ogugua said the ICPC had already retrieved relevant documents to pursue the investigations PAY ATTENTION: Click “See First” under the “Following” tab to see Legit.ng News on your Facebook News Feed! Legit.ng PAY ATTENTION: Legit.ng