The last has not been heard on the brickbat between the Minister of Niger Delta affairs, Godswill Akpabio and a former acting managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Joi Nunieh.
Nunieh had alleged last week that Akpabio fired her for not doing his bidding, adding that the minister was at the centre of fraud in the agency.
However, the minister claimed Nunieh was fired for insubordination and also for not possessing the required National Youth Service Corps, NYSC discharge certificate.
But Nunieh fired back on Mondy, saying she slapped Akpabio for sexually harassing her.
She said during an interview on Arise TV, that the incident happened at the minister’s guest house in Abuja.
She said her reaction to the alleged harassment proved her intolerance for “nonsense” as a woman from Rivers state.
“Why did he not tell Nigerians that I slapped him in his guest house at Apo? I am the only woman that slapped Akpabio. He thought he could come up on me. He tried to harass me sexually,” she said.
“I slapped him. He tried to come on me. I am an Ogoni woman and nobody jokes with us. I showed Akpabio that Rivers women do not tolerate nonsense.”
Nunieh further accused Akpabio of trying to inflate the NDDC budget, adding that the minister directed her to include some projects from the refugee commission in the budget of the NDDC.
“Akpabio wrote to me to put a list of projects from the refugee commission in the budget of NDDC. Refugee commission is another federal government commission for IDPs,” she said.
“How do you tell me to put some of their projects in the NDDC budget when we have so many things to do in the Niger Delta? How do you explain that?”
