The House said Professor Pondei should be arrested for what it described as ‘contempt of the legislature’.

The Acting Managing Director of the NDDC, Professor Daniel Pondei, had staged a walk out on the House of Representatives Committee on Niger Delta.

Pondei who appeared with other management staff of the commission, accused the chairman of the house committee on NDDC, Olubunmi Tunji-Ojo, of corruption.

Pondei said because of that, his team will not speak before the committee, unless the Committee Chairman, Tunji-Ojo recuses himself from the investigation.

When lawmakers intervened and told the NDDC team that nobody could decide its modus operandi, the NDDC management staged a walk out, leading to the issuance of an order of arrest.

The House is conducting an investigative hearing on the alleged financial malfeasance and other activities in the NDDC.