Delta State APC Suspends NDDC Boss Lorreta Onochie

The chairperson of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Ms. Lorreta Onochie has been suspended by the Delta State chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) over alleged anti-party activities.

She and her allies as well as supporters were alleged to have worked against APC during the general elections causing defeat for the party at her polling units and other places in the state.

Executive members of the party in Onicha-Olona Ward 4 in Aniocha North local government area of the State who passed a vote of no confidence on her, also alleged that she has never attended party engagements at either Ward or LGA and failed to meet her financial obligations to the party.

Part of the suspension letter which was signed by  27 ward executives reads: “We, the under-listed, are the ward executive members of the All Progressives Congress in Onicha-Olona ward 4， Aniocha LGADelta State. We have painstakingly reviewed the conduct of the just concluded general elections at all levels and have noted, with dismay that Lorreta Onochie, who is one of the leaders of our great party, worked against the success of the party in Onicha-Olona Ward 4 and beyond”