A Senate committee holding hearings into the
aviation sector in Nigeria today shockingly heard
how the Aviation Minister Stella Oduah spent
$1.6 million on the purchase of two armored cars
today, also the committee received further
confirmation that the minister received several
other cars from another agency under her control.
George Uresi, the chief executive officer of the
Federal Aviation Authority of Nigeria (FAAN),
admitted before the Senate’s aviation committee,
led by Hope Uzodinma, that FAAN bought four
bullet proof cars for Ms. Oduah at N70 million
each. SaharaReporters, which broke the news of
how the minister forced the Nigerian Civil Aviation
Authority (NCAA) to buy her two bullet-proof
BMWs at the inflated cost of $800,000 each, had
also subsequently reported that other agencies
under Ms. Oduah had also bought her extremely
expensive, overpriced cars.

Mr. Uresi’s testimony today confirmed our earlier
reports that the minister hauled in at least six
armored cars from a variety of aviation agencies.
Our correspondent reported that Mr. Uresi, the
CEO of FAAN, sweated profusely as he told
Senator Uzodinma’s committee that FAAN bought
four bullet-proof cars for Ms. Oduah. “He was
sweating bullets even though the committee
room was heavily air-conditioned,” said our citizen
reporter.

The FAAN boss’s testimony revealed that the
transaction resembled how the Nigerian Civil
Aviation Authority (NCAA) bought two BMW
armored cars for the minister at inflated price.
According to Mr. Uresi, FAAN bought two armored
Lexus limousine cars and two Prado armored
sports utility vehicles (SUVs) for Ms. Oduah.
Contacted later this evening, a member of the
Senate’s aviation committee told SaharaReporters
that he had heard rumors that the leadership of
the committee was looking for ways to cover up
Ms. Oduah’s car-buying scandal. “Some of us will
not allow anybody to cover up anything,” said the
senator.

Senator Uzodinma gave Mr. Uresi till Monday to
provide the paperwork for the purchase of the four
cars his agency procured for the minister’s use.
Meanwhile, a source who works at FAAN told
SaharaReporters that the deal for the purchase of
the cars was done through a company linked to
Ms. Oduah. “The finance department of FAAN was
not in the know of the purchase as the deal was
done at the minister’s office with Uresi signing off
on the deal.”

Although Mr. Uresi admitted to the purchase, he
refused to provide the Senate committee
members with details of how the deal was
finalized with a bank. He also refused to disclose if
Coscharis Motors Limited was involved in the
latest scandal. Coscharis Motors, which is owned
by Cosmas Maduka, was involved in the shady
deal for the supply of the two BMWs paid for by
the NCAA for the personal use of the minister.
SaharaReporters reported earlier that Ms. Oduah
received more than N100 million as kickback after
she arm-twisted NCAA officials to sign papers
certifying delivery of the two cars. No officials of
the agency ever saw the vehicles before signing
the delivery documents.

SaharaReporters had also reported that another
agency, National Airspace Management Agency
(NAMA), also bought four Toyota Tundras for the
minister. After our revelation, NAMA authorities
went on a desperate search for companies to
claim ownership of four limousines parked at the
aviation agency’s TRACON site in Abuja. Today,
the Senate asked NAMA officials to bring over the
supposed owners of the vehicles along with proof
of their ownership.

In the end, NAMA claimed that the vehicles
belong to a local airline, Overland Airways. But in
a clear indication of fishiness, some other
company had called SaharaReporters to claim
ownership of the limousines.

Ms. Oduah is expected to appear before the House
of Representative tomorrow (Wednesday) to
answer questions on the scandal of the $1.6
million she squandered on the purchase of two
armored BMW cars.

In the wake of our revelations of the minister’s
car-buying spree, she traveled to Israel as part of
President Goodluck Jonathan’s official delegation
to religious sites in that country. Mrs. Oduah
returned to Nigeria on Monday night a few
minutes after she attended a ceremony where a
Bilateral Services Agreement was signed with
Israel.







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At the end of the day, we will realise that it's 20 ghost cars she purchased.


STEALla oduah must go

This woman is a hardened criminal and I pity any Nigerian who shows people like this any form of respect.

As one can see, she went about her looting spree in a very crude and arrogant manner, "I don't give a damn", just like her grand criminal of the federal republic. So why should we show such rogues any respect?

These people should be cursed and not respected. They are criminals who show our country no respect.

GEJ is the most corrupt president ever . corruption is at it peak in his administration and the most annoying part is that he doesn't give a hoot.

Perhaps she's contemplating setting up an auto mart after she leaves office.

Disgusting criminal.

I'm not saying god should punish her (if the allegations are true), but god should at least answer people's prayers concerning her and her ilk.
Smh

Where are all these cars? Everything is now pointing towards money laundering.

Armored Vehicles aka Bullet Proof Cars are customized, meaning the specs are tailored based on customers desire, no one can actually put a peg on the real price cos there are no comparative data to review the pricing available to the public.

Therefore the theory of 'inflated price' holds no water, at the end of the day, Coscharis has Non-Disclosure Agreement with the Manufacturers and might continue to maintain that the price is right.

This case is that of official embezzlement and possible but unproven kick-backs.

Aviation Minister has been effective in office, but this, is not supposed to be, the expense is beyond comfort zone.

Some people said she was very wealthy before she became a minister. The national assembly should do what is necessary.

Billyonaire:
This case is that of official embezzlement and possible but unproven kick-backs.

Aviation Minister has been effective in office, but this, is not supposed to be, the expense is beyond comfort zone.

Is this really coming from you

omenka:

Is this really coming from you

^^^You would do well to stop pretending to be Igbo.

It's ok to hate on a performing minister just b'cos she took the bull by the horns and shook up things in a ministry that's been run since the early 70s like it belongs to just one ethnic group; but try and do your stinking hatchet job with a moniker that shows where you're actually from.......or you can pick a neutral one!