Bulletproof Cars: Oduah Ordered Six, Not Two Cars -

Wow! Nigerians who have expressed their
displeasure at how Minister of Aviation,
Stella Oduah spent $1.4 million on two cars
would be shell-shocked when they find out
it she actually ordered six of such
bulletproof cars, according to reports by a
group known as Investigative Reporters In
Aviation (IRA).
Going by this report, I can't seem to
understand why she needed so many
bulletproof cars, who is after her life? Is
this just another case of excessive greed?
Here's how Sahara Reporters tell the story:
A group known as Investigative Reporters
In Aviation (IRA) has come out with yet
another bombshell on the wanton looting
of the nation’s financial resources by the
Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, and her
disorganization of the entire aviation
sector.
Speaking for the group, Mazi Kanayo Ochei,
and Kenneth Uti President and Secretary
respectively, said their investigations reveal
that in addition to the two cars she forced
the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA)
to purchase for her, she also forced the
Nigerian Airspace Management Agency
(NAMA) and the Federal Airport Authority of
Nigeria (FAAN) to buy two each of the same
brand of cars.
“I don’t understand why Nigerian media
are shouting about NCAA alone, when a
total of six bulletproof cars were actually
purchased by the Minister on the bill of
three aviation agencies,” they said.
“Our work as IRA revealed that while
Nnamdi Udoh of NAMA bought two BMW,
Joyce Nkemakolam (Acting DG) of NCAA
bought two BMW, and Mr. Uresi George of
FAAN bought two bullet-proof American
specs limousine for the Minister of
Aviation.”
They further stated that all the purchases
were made from Coscharis Motors and
cannot be denied.
“If Nigerians really know the magnitude of
the rot in the Aviation Industry as at this
moment, they will carry placards against
this administration,” the IRA officials said,
noting that the FAAN is heading for
bankruptcy, with the MD on the verge of
taking a bank loan to pay workers’ salaries
last month.
“The only option left for FAAN now is to
begin to use part of their statutory
remittance to Federation Account to offset
their bills.”
On the part of NAMA, the IRA described it
as being in disarray, that nobody seems to
know what is going on and that the workers
have completely lost confidence in the
Management. They noted that members of
the NAMA staff have threatened on several
occasions in the recent past to embark on
industrial action based on poor conditions
of service and heaps of unpaid allowances.
“IRA further wants EFCC to call Coscharis
Motors for questioning on the six cars
purchased by the Minister so as to get to
the root of this issue,” they said.
It would be recalled that on October 19,
the Director-General of the NCAA, Capt.
Fola Akinkuotu, told a press conference in
Abuja that the Federal Government was
hunting for the whistleblower who leaked
the story of the two scandalous armoured
cars the agency bought for Mrs. Oduah at a
cost of N225m.
On October 21, SaharaReporters further
reported that NAMA had also purchased
four Toyota Tundra vehicles for Mrs. Oduah
in addition to four stretch limousine cars
that were said to have been bought for the
transportation of VIPs to the Ministry.
In a statement, Supo Atobatele, the General
Manager of NAMA, attacked the report as
“frivolous, malicious and mischievous.”
“We hereby make it categorically clear to
the unsuspecting public that this evil story
as being promoted, is patently false in its
entirety and calculated to put the agency
and the office of the minister into
disrepute,” he said.
IRA has called on President Jonathan to
recognize that only a level-headed,
matured and patriotic Minister can help
Nigerian Aviation industry, “not a self-
seeking, corrupt and proud person like
Stella Oduah.”
Furthermore, the group said, “We also want
to advise the newly confirmed Director-
General of NCAA Fola Akinkotun to stop
defending what he knows practically
nothing about, while we sympathize with
his position, we advise him to stop making
any further reckless press statement in any
futile attempt at defending those who all
Nigerians know how they ganged up to
prevent him from taking up the position of
the DG NCAA for almost 5 months after he
was chosen by President Jonathan.”
This morning, George Uresi, the chief
executive officer of the FAAN admitted to a
hearing of the Senate Aviation Committee
that the agency indeed bought four bullet
proof cars for Ms. Oduah at N70 million
each.
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