…Deny seeking minister’s arrest

FROM IHEANACHO NWOSU, Abuja

The House of Representatives has rejected the clamour by some Nigerians that the Minister of Aviation, Ms Stella Oduah, be relieved of her position by President Goodluck Jonathan over the purchase of two BMW bulletproof cars by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) valued at N225million.

It also dispelled the rumour that it was planning to order for the arrest of the embattled minister.

House Committee Chairman on Aviation, Nkeiruka Onyejeocha, disclosed the stand of the Lower Chamber in an interview with newsmen.

Onyejeocha’s committee last week, commenced a public hearing on the purchase of the armoured vehicles.

Oduah, NCAA officials and Chairman of Coscharis Motors, Mr. Cosmos Maduka, whose company sold the bulletproof cars, are expected to appear before the committee tomorrow.

At last week’s hearing, the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) accused NCAA of breaking procurement laws in the purchase of the vehicles. The agency was also alleged to have violated the appropriation law by going outside what was approved for it in the 2013 budget.

In her reaction to calls by some people that Oduah should either resign or be kicked out by President Jonathan, Onyejeocha dismissed the calls as uncalled for. She argued that until the ongoing investigation is completed, Oduah cannot be accused of any wrongdoing.

The committee chairman said: “When you haven’t given her fair hearing, it is wrong. She is entitled to fair hearing and until we finish our investigation, until you indict somebody, you don’t call for her resignation or that she should be sacked.

“For me, you allow one to have a fair hearing and you get to a bridge before you cross it. One of the questions that we asked was were the cars bought? Were they appropriated for? Under any Nigerian law, could you have done this? When we conclude our investigation and submit the report, we’ll know if she is the one to resign or it is another person.”

On the speculation that her committee was planning to issue arrest warrant on the minister if she fails to appear before the probe panel, Onyejeocha dismissed such claims. She stated that her committee had no doubt in its mind that the minister would honour the invitation to the public hearing.

The lawmaker defended Oduah’s absence from last Thursday’s hearing, saying that she was on another assignment.

She said: “I don’t want to talk about that because she didn’t abscond. Her programme was on, so to say, before we started our investigation. I don’t see her not appearing on Wednesday.

As the debate over the cars purchased by the Ministry of Aviation intensifies, a cross section of women is asking Nigerians to allow the various committees set up to investigate the case, do their job.
The women, under the aegis of the Northern Women’s Forum said those calling for the Minister to either resign or be outrightly sacked by the President are not acting in the interest of the nation.
Leader of the forum, Binta Kuraye, enjoined women from all walks of life to stand up for one of their own whom she said is delivering on good governance.
Kuraye assured women across the country that the Northern Women’s forum will always fight their cause whenever there is a breach or a perceived wrong on any woman’s rights.

http://aitonline.tv/post-oduahgate__northern_women_s_forum_caution__nigerians

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idupaul: Whether these Polithiefcians like it or not , oneday the world will be free of corruption and Bigotry

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Napoleondegreat:

and ffk will collapse and die on the spot as the news is broken to him

Decryptor:

Fashola will have stroke on hearing it, Femi Falana will drop dead! LMAO!!!

Decryptor:

Fashola will have stroke on hearing it, Femi Falana will drop dead! LMAO!!!

Decryptor: GOOD NEWS!!! Now haterz can go and drink cyanide

In another development...

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Decryptor:

Fashola will have stroke on hearing it, Femi Falana will drop dead! LMAO!!!

Dive-Bomber:
Stella Oduah stays! Haters should soak themselves in petrol and set themselves on fire in protest!

Those too wretched to afford petrol should look for the nearest transformer and give it a big hug.

The result will be the same; nice trip to hell!

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