Immediate past governor of Delta State, Dr. Emmanuel Uduaghan, has denied the allegation by the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, accusing him (Uduaghan) of collecting N429million road contract from the Niger Delta Development Commission.

While maintaining that the allegation is false, Uduaghan also described the report as “laughable and untrue in its entirety”.

Akpabio, in a letter to the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Femi Gbajabiamila, had linked Uduaghan and Chief James Ibori, also a former governor of Delta, among others with some contracts awarded by NDDC.

The Minister was quoted as saying that Uduaghan, now a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), was linked to the emergency repairs of Close B, Alhaji Estate & Environs, Rumuodomaya, Port Harcourt at a cost of N429million.