{"id":74884,"date":"2020-07-16T15:18:10","date_gmt":"2020-07-16T14:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=74884"},"modified":"2020-07-16T15:18:10","modified_gmt":"2020-07-16T14:18:10","slug":"wike-rescues-former-nddc-md-joy-nunieh-from-police-siege","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/wike-rescues-former-nddc-md-joy-nunieh-from-police-siege\/","title":{"rendered":"Wike Rescues Former NDDC MD, Joy Nunieh From Police Siege"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m-5096466746656933541\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday stormed the residence of a former acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Joy Nunieh, after police operatives laid siege to her house in the early hours of the day.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"auto\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<p>Sources said Armed Police men laid siege from 4am and prevented Nunieh from leaving her residence in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, in an alleged bid to stop her from appearing before a Senate panel, in Abuja, investigating allegations of corruption in the NDDC.<\/p>\n<p>The panel is investigating alleged misappropriation of N40 billion by the interim management committee (IMC) of the NDDC.<\/p>\n<p>Governor Wike, according to TVC, forced his way into Nunieh\u2019s residence and rescued her from \u201chouse arrest\u201d as he drove away with her.<\/p>\n<p>The governor was also said to have ordered the policemen to vacate the Ex-NDDC MD\u2019s residence located at number 3, Owuru Creek view, off Herbert Macaulay Street, Old GRA, Port Harcourt.<\/p>\n<p>Nunieh had recently accused the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, of corruption and sexual harassment amongst other things.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, on Thursday stormed the residence of a former acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Joy Nunieh, after police operatives laid&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":74885,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-74884","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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