Nigeria, Aug. 10 -- The Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammad Adamu, to prosecute seven companies that failed to deliver on contracts after collecting about N1.6 billion (N1,625,467,200).

The NDDC had earlier linked the companies to Delta senator, Peter Nwaoboshi, an allegation he denied.

NDDC said it awarded the contracts to the companies for the production of desks and chairs for primary and secondary schools in the Niger Delta region in 2017 in furtherance of the commission's education sector mandate and improving learning condition in the Niger Delta region but the goods were delivered to another location.

Last week, the NDDC in a letter signed by the Director, Legal Serv...