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A former Security Adviser to the Bayelsa State government, Chief Perekeme Kpodoh, has berated the Coordinator of the Niger Delta Presidential Amnesty Programme (PAP), Charles Dokubo, over his alleged investigation in the United States by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) for money laundering, racketeering and fraud.
        Kpodoh, who described the incident as a disgrace to the Niger Delta region, noted that though the charges against Professor Dokubo, has not been proven or denied, the series of alleged wrongdoings and claims of fraud in the Presidential Amnesty office is shameful and should be properly investigated by President Muhammad Buhari. The All Progressive Congress (APC), chieftain, said it is shocking that indigenes of the Niger Delta region appointed to manage the intervention agencies of the Niger Delta region including the Presidential Amnesty office and the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) are always involved in cases of alleged fraud and mismanagement. According to Kpodoh, ‘it is a thing of disgrace if we cannot have professors from the region to manage intervention agencies without controversy and alleged cases of fraud. Are our professors the professors of fraud and corruption? Now it is Professor Dokubo. Before it was Professor Brambaifa of the NDDC. Why can’t these learned fellows emulate the zero corruption style of President Buhari? One was recently sacked for alleged corruption and mismanagement of funds, another is being investigated. While we are talking about youth’s agitation, these elderly educated men are alleged to be giving wrong example on governance. I have always believed that when you put a poor man in charge of the kitchen, they will finish the food. This is becoming applicable to these Niger Delta men. It also comes to memory that someone who claimed not to have sandals for schooling was made the President, the treasury was looted. These are poor signs and representation of the Niger Delta.
        Kpodoh called on President Muhammadu Bihari to order a detailed investigation into the charges brought against the Presidential Amnesty office and the NDDC, saying ‘ anybody found wanting should be dealt with in line with the anti-corruption policy of the President. There should be no case of god fatherism. No one found wanting should be exonerated. Chief Perekeme Kpodoh, however, threatened to mobilize the youths, elders and women of the Niger Delta region on a one million man march against corrupt officials from the region that has continued to thwart the efforts of the Federal Government towards the development and empowerment of the region. We are planning a one million man march against these corrupt officials to prevail on the President to order the Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to investigate and arraign these corrupt Niger Delta officials before a competent court of law. We have done it before and it unravel the desired corrupt charges against some within the NDDC.