NDDC: High Blood Pressure Caused Acting MD, Pondei To Faint During Probe

Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) Prof. Kemebradikumo Pondei fainted while being probed by the House of Representatives Committee on NDDC because of high blood pressure.

The House Committee on NDDC is investigating allegations of financial mismanagement of over N80 billion in the commission.

The Nation gathered on Saturday that Pondei was admitted and treated for High Blood Pressure (HBP) at the National Assembly Clinic.

A source, who spoke in confidence, said when the acting NDDC MD was rushed to the clinic, following a seizure he suffered while answering questions from the House probe panel on NDDC, his BP was 200.

He, however, said doctors stabilised him and discharged him the same day.

“The MD survived death. He was rushed to the hospital shortly after he collapsed and the doctors at the National Assembly clinic discovered that his BP had risen to 200,” the source told The Nation.

“He was treated and stabilised and then discharged the same day. He is out of the hospital but I don’t know his whereabouts whether he is in Abuja or back to Port Harcourt”.

The source also stated that the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, visited Pondei at the hospital, pitied his condition and decided that he should no longer appear before the panel.

“If the MD faked his condition, the doctors who treated him at the National Assembly, would have said so,” he added.