N255m Car Scandal: Minister Stella Oduah Gets 72hrs To Resign

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 N96m to N255m.

NastyGist.Com gathered from a top source in Abuja that even President Goodluck
Jonathan is shocked at Stella Oduah's spending of N255m 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 B7 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.