JUST IN: Confusion sets in as Acting Managing Director of NDDC, Daniel Pondei, slumps (Video)

Confusion set in as Acting Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission, Daniel Pondei, slumped while facing the House of Representatives committee on NDDC interrogation on Monday.

The committee is in its fourth day of public hearing as it probes alleged financial misappropriation at the agency.

Pondei had been interrogated for over an hour and when he slowly slumped over his desk.

He was seen in the video, fainted, while many people rescued him immediately at the hearing, and the proceeding stopped.

He then appeared to be in a seizure with a man, holding open his mouth as others held him upright. After he seems to have regained a little strength, he was moved out of the session.

The development led to a brief discussion about the next step to take. A move to have the session adjourned was said before the Deputy Chairman of the Committee called for a 30-minute recess.

Lawmakers investigating corruption allegations in the NDDC had on Friday called on Pondei and the Minister of Niger Delta Affairs, Senator Godswill Akpabio, to appear before them today as the country sought to understand how budgetary allocations to the agency had been spent.

The controversy had seen strong allegations of corruption traded between the Minister and the former MD of the NDDC, Joi Nunei, appeared before the lawmakers via Zoom on Friday.

Watch moment Pondei fainted below:

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