The heat is on . Nigeria' s most visible
anti- corruption watchdog led by a
former legislator, Hon. Dino Melaye ,
has given Nigeria' s Minister of
Aviation , Stella Oduah 72 hours to
resign from office .
The ultimatum follows revelations that
she arm - twisted a cash -strapped
agency, the NCAA , to purchase two
armored BMW 760 Li cars for her at
highly inflated prices from N96 m to
N255 m .
Date 360.net gathered from a top
source in Abuja that even President
Goodluck Jonathan is shocked at
Stella Oduah' s spending of N255 m for
just two cars but he can ' t do anything
due to some reasons.
Anyway, Dino Melaye said his group
will embark on series of actions to
force President Jonathan to fire Mrs.
Oduah as a minister of the Federal
Republic of Nigeria as well as order
her to return the $1 .6 million to the
Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority, which
was forced to buy the cars.
Dino Melaye said the purchase of the
vehicles was done in violation of the
various rules and law guiding such
high- level procurement by
government officials , particularly the
monetiazation policy of federal
government.
First, Dino Melaye said he is heading
to court next Tuesday to force the
EFCC to prosecute the Minister.
On the cost of the vehicles , Melaye
described them as “unconscionable ,”
recalling that the Speaker of House of
Reps also purchased two Armored
Mercedes Benz S- 600 B 7 grade
armored cars a year ago for less than
$800 ,000 .
He also disclosed that he had
requested for quotations from
Germany that show that the vehicles
actually cost less than $ 200 ,000 each.
Even then , he stressed, the Minister
has no right to purchase the vehicles
for her personal use in the first place.
Stella Oduah is the co -chair of
President Jonathan’ s main
presidential campaign team ,
Neighbor- 2- Neighbor hence she may
not be sacked since Jonathan is
known to romance corrupt people
openly.
Date360.net
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