It is highly outrageous to buy two vehicles, any kind of vehicles for N225 million. It is also highly outrageous for mainstream media to rely on reports of online media, which most of the time are laced with gossips and rumours, for serious aviation reports.

Now that Nigerians are outraged about the exaggerated reports on the purchase of the vehicles, the facts of the matter have been eclipsed as the first report always finds a listening ear.

But it is good to deliberate on the motive behind the report and preceding reports before this last one. Princess Stella Oduah as Minister of Aviation has jolted the apple cart. In her strive to make desired changes in the sector she has excavated the status quo.

There are certain trends that have defined the aviation sector. There are always since 1999 those who use lopsided agreements and contracts to milk the aviation agencies. There are also those who use aviation related associations to sustain their lives and the aviation union executives rely on agency heads and succeeding ministers to make money in the sector.

Stella came and changed all that. These people were denied their source of material life by Stella and these are people behind the forces that coalesced against her.

It is said in the industry that two people before 2011 made noticeable changes in the sector. One was Peter Igbinedion who was the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, during the Abacha years. In retrospect also, kudos goes to Mrs. Kema Chikwe who was also the Minister of Aviation in the first tenure of Chief Obasanjo as Nigerian President. Story had it that she was pressured to leave, just as Stella is being pressured now and that when she was eased out broom was used to sweep out her footsteps from her office. But when she left, the same people acknowledged and still acknowledge that before Stella, Kema Chikwe was the best performing Minister of Aviation since civilian rule in 1999.

When Oduah was appointed there were three subsisting agreements that were controversial. One of them was Maevis which was managing the revenue of FAAN. FAAN said that the agreement was lopsided against the agency to the extent that the agency did not know how much that accrued in its coffers as Maevis every months gave it a hand out, a situation where a principle is being handed over money by its contractor. The agreement, to the agency was obnoxious and it was eating its revenue and hampering development of the 22 airports under its management.

Three Ministers came when the agreement was enforced, including Felix Hyat, who just witnessed its unveiling, Babatunde Omotoba who was there when FAAN workers started crying out against the agreement and alleged rip of FAAN by the agreement. He did nothing. Felicia Njeze came and smiled away few years later without doing anything about it. Stella came and did something. She revoked the agreement!

She was attacked with all kinds of arsenal, including media and court scud missiles. She remained unshaken. Other Ministers did not have the courage to do anything because of the Giant Eagle that facilitated the agreement and the agreement was aimed to rip off the agencies and empower some individuals.

Another agreement was the Pan Express agreement which gave the company the right to collect revenues from cargo and pay FAAN certain amount of revenue every month. That agreement was easily eased out because it did not come from the Big Eagle. Ironically that was the only decent agreement that was drawn not to strip FAAN its revenue; in fact, before the company started work, that source of cargo revenue for FAAN was in limbo, but it was done away quickly as soon as contrived agitation against it started.

Then the big masquerade of agreement which is still subsisting…the Bi Courtney concession agreement to build the domestic terminal in Lagos which initially was given for 12 years and was later extended controversially for 36 years without the expected approval of the Federal Executive Council, as Obasanjo recommended when the letter for the extension was presented to him by the then Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode. In the letter requesting for the extension, Obasanjo responded, “No.” That it should be taken to FEC for approval. The approval never took place and since then Bi Courtney has done everything possible to use the courts to get the extension and it remains at best controversial.

How did Oduah cross the way of Bi Courtney? The company realising that it did not have enough apron to park aircraft MMA2 claimed that the General Aviation Terminal, GAT, belonged to it and pointed out a clause in the agreement that said no other domestic airport terminal should be built in Lagos without deferring to Bi Courtney. Oduah defiantly made it clear that GAT which she dismantled and rebuilt under one year, did not belong to Bi Courtney.

Then there was the AIC Limited which claimed that many years ago a portion of land meant for expansion of the MurtalaMuhammedInternationalAirport, Lagos terminal was given to the company to build hospitality facility. But for years nothing was done at the portion land and recently with terror threats and the inevitable need to have another terminal at the Lagos airport, it became unrealistic to build such facility at that portion of land. Stella Oduah overruled that quest.

The highly placed, powerful people behind these companies have been injured by the Minister. But her purpose is obvious: that for the aviation industry to develop and progress there must be an end to these rip-offs and that the assets that are meant for Nigerians should not be coveted by a few highly placed people at the expense of over 160 million Nigerians. The war has been drawn. Stella Oduah must go!

The foot soldiers

As stated earlier, the labour union leaders and some association executives rely on aviation agency heads to sustain their existence. A former Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, kept the Aviation Round Table, ART, leaders on a payroll. Other agencies like FAAN, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, give them contracts. But these contracts stopped when Oduah became the Minister. In protest, the attacks against her came in torrents to the extent that the President of ART, Captain Dele Ore at one time alleged Oduah threatened to kill him. Some aspects of the media made a savoury of it.

Capt. Ore Kingsley, an aviation stakeholder, wrote from Lagos

- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/10/stella-oduah-must-punished/#sthash.9stA4re0.dpuf

I THINK YOU SHOULD CHANGE THE TITLE OF THIS THREAD TO SUIT THE CONTENT. THE CORRUPT YORUBAS THAT HAVE RUINED THE AVIATION SYSTEM ARE NOW CRYING BECAUSE LADY STELLA HAVE CURTAILED THEIR EXCESSIVE CORRUPTION AND BIGOTRY IN THE SYSTEM

Waiting for Fani Kayode to reply

Now we can see wetin dey happen

Sahara Reproters/Punch/PremiumTimes come and deny all these.

If you like it or not Nigeria will progress!

I like the part that mentioned: ''used broom to sweep Kema's foot-steps'' APC

You are still lying around the problem oh USELESS Nigerians! Did she rip off the country by buying BMWs of $1.6 M? Was the money budgeted? How about all the other corruption allegations? Even if he is the saviour of the country, she is already paid a salary and should derive no extra benefit from the agencies, people she supervises or the country.

SUMMARY: LET THIS COUNTRY GO BACK TO REGIONS FOR GOD'S SAKE! MAKE ODULAH YOUR AVIATION MINISTER / PRESIDENT AND WE WILL NEVER COMPLAIN IF SHE AUCTIONS OFF YOUR ENTIRE REGION FOR N 1. IBOS GO AND RUN YOUR OWN CIVIL SERVICE, LET THE NORTHERN ZONES RUN THEIRS, LET THE SS RUN THEIR REGION AND LEAVE THE WEST FOR US TO RUN OUR REGION!

Iolo: Captain Dele Ore at one time alleged Oduah threatened to kill him. Some aspects of the media made a savoury of it.

Capt. Ore Kingsley, an aviation stakeholder, wrote from Lagos

- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/10/stella-oduah-must-punished/#sthash.9stA4re0.dpuf

Abeg, correct me if i'm wrong,.
Is this not the same Captain Dele Ore that recommended the closure of Enugu International airport to boost domestic flights to Lagos?

What do you mean persecution? She was caught stealing for heavens sake. Why would a sane person defend or try to justify this?

Warri _Pikin:

Abeg, correct me if i'm wrong,.
Is this not the same Captain Dele Ore that recommended the closure of Enugu International airport to boost domestic flights to Lagos?

Lol. Now you see that corruption fights back when you fight it.

At best the BMW saga can be termed a stupid overpriced purchase. It would seem nonsensical to sack a minister that isn't directly in charge of that transaction cause of this. But Stella must go, so the contracts to dele ore and his likes will flow.

Ile-Ife:
What do you mean persecution? She was caught stealing for heavens sake. Why would a sane person defend or try to justify this?

What makes the Minister more culpable than the DG of the NCAA?

I haven't heard anyone calling for prosecution and sack of the ex-Dg under whose direct supervisor this whole thing transpired. Why is this if its truly about fighting corruption ?

Why isn't anybody mentioning the fact that besides the Ministry of Aviation approving the purchase , there is no paper evidence as to the involvement of the Minister ? It seems like theMinister was bundled into the whole story based on SR 's hunch?

Give me good answers and win me over to the sack Stella campaign crew. corruption should never be tolerated.

Iolo: It is highly outrageous to buy two vehicles, any kind of vehicles for N225 million. It is also highly outrageous for mainstream media to rely on reports of online media, which most of the time are laced with gossips and rumours, for serious aviation reports.

Now that Nigerians are outraged about the exaggerated reports on the purchase of the vehicles, the facts of the matter have been eclipsed as the first report always finds a listening ear.

But it is good to deliberate on the motive behind the report and preceding reports before this last one. Princess Stella Oduah as Minister of Aviation has jolted the apple cart. In her strive to make desired changes in the sector she has excavated the status quo.

There are certain trends that have defined the aviation sector. There are always since 1999 those who use lopsided agreements and contracts to milk the aviation agencies. There are also those who use aviation related associations to sustain their lives and the aviation union executives rely on agency heads and succeeding ministers to make money in the sector.

Stella came and changed all that. These people were denied their source of material life by Stella and these are people behind the forces that coalesced against her.

It is said in the industry that two people before 2011 made noticeable changes in the sector. One was Peter Igbinedion who was the Managing Director of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria, FAAN, during the Abacha years. In retrospect also, kudos goes to Mrs. Kema Chikwe who was also the Minister of Aviation in the first tenure of Chief Obasanjo as Nigerian President. Story had it that she was pressured to leave, just as Stella is being pressured now and that when she was eased out broom was used to sweep out her footsteps from her office. But when she left, the same people acknowledged and still acknowledge that before Stella, Kema Chikwe was the best performing Minister of Aviation since civilian rule in 1999.

When Oduah was appointed there were three subsisting agreements that were controversial. One of them was Maevis which was managing the revenue of FAAN. FAAN said that the agreement was lopsided against the agency to the extent that the agency did not know how much that accrued in its coffers as Maevis every months gave it a hand out, a situation where a principle is being handed over money by its contractor. The agreement, to the agency was obnoxious and it was eating its revenue and hampering development of the 22 airports under its management.

Three Ministers came when the agreement was enforced, including Felix Hyat, who just witnessed its unveiling, Babatunde Omotoba who was there when FAAN workers started crying out against the agreement and alleged rip of FAAN by the agreement. He did nothing. Felicia Njeze came and smiled away few years later without doing anything about it. Stella came and did something. She revoked the agreement!

She was attacked with all kinds of arsenal, including media and court scud missiles. She remained unshaken. Other Ministers did not have the courage to do anything because of the Giant Eagle that facilitated the agreement and the agreement was aimed to rip off the agencies and empower some individuals.

Another agreement was the Pan Express agreement which gave the company the right to collect revenues from cargo and pay FAAN certain amount of revenue every month. That agreement was easily eased out because it did not come from the Big Eagle. Ironically that was the only decent agreement that was drawn not to strip FAAN its revenue; in fact, before the company started work, that source of cargo revenue for FAAN was in limbo, but it was done away quickly as soon as contrived agitation against it started.

Then the big masquerade of agreement which is still subsisting…the Bi Courtney concession agreement to build the domestic terminal in Lagos which initially was given for 12 years and was later extended controversially for 36 years without the expected approval of the Federal Executive Council, as Obasanjo recommended when the letter for the extension was presented to him by the then Minister of Aviation, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode. In the letter requesting for the extension, Obasanjo responded, “No.” That it should be taken to FEC for approval. The approval never took place and since then Bi Courtney has done everything possible to use the courts to get the extension and it remains at best controversial.

How did Oduah cross the way of Bi Courtney? The company realising that it did not have enough apron to park aircraft MMA2 claimed that the General Aviation Terminal, GAT, belonged to it and pointed out a clause in the agreement that said no other domestic airport terminal should be built in Lagos without deferring to Bi Courtney. Oduah defiantly made it clear that GAT which she dismantled and rebuilt under one year, did not belong to Bi Courtney.

Then there was the AIC Limited which claimed that many years ago a portion of land meant for expansion of the MurtalaMuhammedInternationalAirport, Lagos terminal was given to the company to build hospitality facility. But for years nothing was done at the portion land and recently with terror threats and the inevitable need to have another terminal at the Lagos airport, it became unrealistic to build such facility at that portion of land. Stella Oduah overruled that quest.

The highly placed, powerful people behind these companies have been injured by the Minister. But her purpose is obvious: that for the aviation industry to develop and progress there must be an end to these rip-offs and that the assets that are meant for Nigerians should not be coveted by a few highly placed people at the expense of over 160 million Nigerians. The war has been drawn. Stella Oduah must go!

The foot soldiers

As stated earlier, the labour union leaders and some association executives rely on aviation agency heads to sustain their existence. A former Director General of the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA, kept the Aviation Round Table, ART, leaders on a payroll. Other agencies like FAAN, the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency, NAMA, give them contracts. But these contracts stopped when Oduah became the Minister. In protest, the attacks against her came in torrents to the extent that the President of ART, Captain Dele Ore at one time alleged Oduah threatened to kill him. Some aspects of the media made a savoury of it.

Capt. Ore Kingsley, an aviation stakeholder, wrote from Lagos

- See more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2013/10/stella-oduah-must-punished/#sthash.9stA4re0.dpuf

This is rubbish in its absoluity. A very poor attempt at damage control.
The question is very simple. Did she or did she not buy an unbudgeted car for 255million?

SHE IS NOT A VICTIM PLEASE. Stop all these worthless write ups alleging victimisation.

When will the ethnics and clannish ones start taking responsibility for their actions.
Trying to drag an issue which is in court and which at the moment, the government seem to be losing ,is not going to distract from the crux of the matter.
SHE IS ABSOLUTELY CORRUPT AND INCOMPETENT TO BOOT.

Iolo:

What makes the Minister more culpable than the DG of the NCAA?

I haven't heard anyone calling for prosecution and sack of the ex-Dg under whose direct supervisor this whole thing transpired. Why is this if its truly about fighting corruption ?

Why isn't anybody mentioning the fact that besides the Ministry of Aviation approving the purchase , there is no paper evidence as to the involvement of the Minister ? It seems like theMinister was bundled into the whole story based on SR 's hunch?

Give me good answers and win me over to the sack Stella campaign crew. corruption should never be tolerated.

so you would agree to ALL of them being sacked and prosecuted right?

hillsate:

This is rubbish in its absoluity. A very poor attempt at damage control.
The question is very simple. Did she or did she not buy an unbudgeted car for 255million?

SHE IS NOT A VICTIM PLEASE. Stop all these worthless write ups alleging victimisation.

I beg your pardon.
Can you please highlight the rubbish in the whole write up?

Equity and clean hands.

I hope this woman becomes governor of an eastern state. We go just dey watch dey laugh

vote STELLA ODUA AS GOVERNOR FOR 2019 election , she will embezzle but she will upgrade your town.

luvinhubby:
I beg your pardon.
Can you please highlight the rubbish in the whole write up?

Pardoned.
But if you can't see the rubbish in the write up you are either preparing to write english comprehension exam or you just failed one.

Dis Guy:

so you would agree to ALL of them being sacked and prosecuted right?

Most definitely everyone involved should be investigated and prosecuted if found culpable not just her.

Now this is journalism. Fair write up. The transformation agenda in the aviation industry must continue "regardless of whose ox is gored. Keep up the good works Honourable Aviation Minister Stella Odua.

Tadon200: vote STELLA ODUA AS GOVERNOR FOR 2019 election , she will embezzle but she will upgrade your town.

^^^You have any proof on the 'embezzlement' claim.....or links to court judgements that found her guilty of stealing?

GEJ is smarter and wiser than many think

Warri _Pikin:

Abeg, correct me if i'm wrong,.
Is this not the same Captain Dele Ore that recommended the closure of Enugu International airport to boost domestic flights to Lagos?

Confirm, its the same person

The president, in his desperation, has sown a seed of discord in this country with his geo-ethno-religious style of politics that I think might be impossible to uproot. The mistrust has taken roots in nairaland and other social media and now it has found its way into mainstream media!! This is as dangerous as it gets.

So so unfortunate.
I fear for the future of this country.

This thread ought to make front page.

Bliss4Lyfe: This thread ought to make front page.

Shut it

Oduduwaisreal:
Shut it

@Odudu u missed out the wa. I don't blame u to type in nairaland is free, maybe if they start charging u won't waste their band space typing nonsense.

On the matter, the truth must be known why stella is bsing hounded by the cabal.

gtrust: Waiting for Fani Kayode to reply

Now we can see wetin dey happen

Sahara Reproters/Punch/PremiumTimes come and deny all these.

If you like it or not Nigeria will progress!

I like the part that mentioned: ''used broom to sweep Kema's foot-steps'' APC

Yes, they want Stella hanged for bogus crimes cooked up by a faceless online website; sahara-reporters.
But they won't let EFCC or other constitutionally mandated federal agencies to investigate their bogus allegation if there was truly any corrupt enrichment of the minister in the said procurement of bullet proof vehicles, a deal she did not even sign!

Hon. Stella Oduah's true crime is that she dared to improve the aviation sector which people from a certain section of the country have bastardized and choked in a strangle hold.

Those tribalist people in their malicious plot against Nigeria had killed Nigeria Airways and killed Air Nigeria. Those people from a certain section of the country frustrated the deal with Virgin Atlantic. All these was done to maintain the strangle hold monopoly to compel all foreign airlines to only use Lagos airport as point of entry into Nigeria.

Recall that it took heaven and earth to allow Lufthansa & Air France to fly to Port Harcourt, inspite of them servicing mainly the oil industry. The previous yoruba aviation ministers had strangely insisted that they stop at Lagos and international oil workers can use our local airlines to fly into Port Harcourt Intl. !

Princess Stella Oduah had not only worked against all their obstacles and subterfuge to achieve President Jonathan's pledge to finally upgrade the Akanu Ibiam Intl. Airport,Enugu into a true international airport, but also she threatened their monopoly by the planned introduction of a new National carrier ! For this, she must be given a bad name in order to be hanged. Poor useless people that imagine other Nigerians are so dumb to see through their pretenses and wicked plot.

But they won't let EFCC or other constitutionally mandated federal agencies to investigate their bogus allegation if there was truly any corrupt enrichment of the minister in the said procurement of bullet proof vehicles, a deal she did not even sign!

as in? the cabals are also controlling EFCC?

but also she threatened their monopoly by the planned introduction of a new National carrier !

Arik has a monopoly over nigerian skies sort of... You mean the dude is also part of the cabal?

Long life Oduah!
Satan will be put to shame, soon ,very soon!

naijaking1: Long life Oduah!
Satan will be put to shame, soon ,very soon!

Ore Kingsley writes like naijaking1. una well done o.

"When God shows one his enemies then it becomes difficult for the enemies to kill you", this is a popular adage but dear Hon. MOA not only have you been shown your enemies but you have lowered defense wall by allowing the purchase of this vehicle under your watchful eyes. Those you have hired to launder your image in the public have also by omission soiled your linen the more by not choosing the right word to silence your critics. I so much wish you come out unscathed but you know the rumors and the negative news will always be remembered even in the event of facts and truths to counter it.

This suppose to make font page . some times the Moderator intentionally avoid putting some topics that are vital because they appear to counteract an existing info like Stella oduah case or sometimes when they appear to expose a partucular region , moderators in NL appear to be bias sometimes . Please make this front page . it good for this ongoing Stella must go debate

icon aus: This suppose to make font page . some times the Moderator intentionally avoid putting some topics that are vital because they appear to counteract an existing info like Stella oduah case or sometimes when they appear to expose a partucular region , moderators in NL appear to be bias sometimes . Please make this front page . it good for this ongoing Stella must go debate

Of course most of the so called mods are paid agents of OPC or is it APC they now call it. Their sole aim is to sell one severely biased point of view, and since Nigerians rarely try to reason out a gossip, they will help them spread the falsehood by swallowing their lies hook-line and sinker.

Making this thread front page will make people think for themselves. Which is not the purpose of NL mods.

Na wa for waec...Nigeria can do without cabal. Anybody that goes after the interest of Nigerians is attacked by this demon cabals. Stella we are solidly with you.