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Alleged Coup: NDDC Boss breaks silence over alleged arrest
The Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, Dr Samuel Ogbuku, has dismissed claims that he was arrested in connection with an alleged coup plot.
In a statement on Thursday, Ogbuku clarified that MD is currently attending the Commission’s meeting with Commissioners, Permanent Secretaries and Directors in Port Harcourt, televised live on Arise TV, during whch he urged participants to design and implement frameworks that would impact the future of the Niger Delta.
This comes amid reports in some sections of the media that the NDDC Managing Director was arrested in connection with an alleged coup plot.
On Wednesday, former Bayelsa State governor and former Nigerian minister Timpriye Sylva confirmed that his residence in Abuja was raided.
He, however, denied any involvement in the alleged coup plot.
In the past week, there have been rumours of a coup plot in Nigeria.
Thereafter, last Friday, President Tinubu reshuffled his country’s service chiefs.
However, the military and Nigerian government have repeatedly dismissed the alleged coup plot rumours.