Ms Oduah BMW scandal

caption:.Nigeria's.Minister.of.Aviation,.Stella.Oduah.By.SaharaReporters,.New.York.Yakubu.Dati,.a.senior.aide.to.Nigeria’s.Aviation.Minister.Stella.OduahPresident.Goodluck.Jonathan’s.re-election.bid.were.behind.reports.that.revealed.his.boss’s.purchase.of.two.armored.BMW.cars.at.the.cost.of.$1.6.million..The.preposterous.position.is.contained.in.a.press.statement.titled,.“APC.Demonstration:.Unmasking.the.Face.Behind.The.Mask”..In.it,.Mr..Dati.claimed.that.the.APC.as.well.as.members.of.a.splinter.group.of.the.Peoples.Democratic.Party.were.behind.the.expose.on.Ms..Oduah’s.scandalous.misuse.of.public.funds.in.the.purchase.of.the.BMWs.as.well.as.a.series.of.other.sleazy.car.deals..A.source.within.the.Presidency.told.SaharaReporters.that.the.minister’s.sudden.new.posture.reflected.her.desperate.effort.to.hang.on.to.her.job.at.all.costs..“The.best.hope.for.Madam.Ms..Oduah.is.to.convince.Mr..President.that.she.is.taking.the.heat.for.him—and.that.he.is.the.ultimate.target.of.the.reports,”.said.the.source..Mr..Dati’s.error-riddled.statement.also.claimed.that.the.vehicles.purchased.at.Ms..Oduah’s.behest.were.obtained.via.“higher-purchase,”.an.apparent.reference.to.“hire-purchase,”.a.system.of.spreading.payments.for.goods.over.a.period.of.time..He.also.claimed.that.the.agency.had.not.even.commenced.payment.. However,.the.documents.earlier.obtained.by.SaharaReporters,.which.broke.the.scandal,.expose.Mr..Dati’s.latest.claims.as.a.blatant.attempt.at.public.deception. Documents.that.were.earlier.posted.on.our.website.reveal.that.the.Nigeria.Civil.Aviation.Authority.(NCAA).included.a.letter.from.the.NCAA.dated.August.13,.2013.and.signed.by.the.agency’s.acting.Managing.Director,.J.D..Nkemakolam..The.letter.asked.for.the.delivery.of.the.BMW.armored.cars..Mr..Nkemakolam.then.requested.that.Coscharis.Motors.Limited.submit.its.account.information.for.“immediate.payment”.upon.delivery.of.the.vehicles..On.August.14,.2013,.the.Group.Financial.Comptroller.of.Coscharis.sent.a.letter.to.the.NCAA.submitting.the.account.number 2018912995 belonging.to.the.car.sales.firm.at.the.First.Bank.of.Nigeria..The.same.day,.according.to.several.sources.at.the.aviation.agency,.the.minister.ordered.two.NCAA.store.managers.to.sign.papers.certifying.that.the.cars.had.been.delivered..SaharaReporters.has.since.found.out.that.the.staff.of.the.transport.unit.who.signed.the.“delivery.document”.never.saw.the.vehicles..In.fact,.no.official.of.the.NCAA.has.since.stated.that.he.or.she.ever.saw.the.two.controversial.cars.purchased.at.a.scandal.cost.of.approximately.$800,000.each..Saharareporters.confirmed.that.the.account.number.above.belongs.to.Coscharis.Motors..Earlier.today,.SaharaReporters.disclosed.that,.as.soon.as.Coscharis.received.payment.for.the.cars.from.a.loan.secured.from.First.Bank.in.the.name.of.the.NCAA,.the.auto.sales.firm.gave.Ms..Oduah.more.than.N100.million.as.kickbacks..A.source.at.the.car.dealership.stated.that.Ms..Oduah.and.Coscharis.owner,.Cosmos.Maduka,.have.been.friends.for.a.long.time.. .Below.is.the.text.of.Mr..Dati’s.press.statement: . .APC’S.DEMONSTRATION:.UNMASKING.THE.FACE.BEHIND.THE.MASK.The.poorly.organized.circus.show.by.APC.strongman,.Dino.Melaye,.has.finally.unmasked.the.masquerade.dancing.under.the.mask..The phantom linkage.of.the.Honourable.Minister.of.Aviation,.Princess.Stella.Oduah to.the purchase.of.official.vehicles.by.NCAA.has.assumed.a.comical.dimension.as.every car, bus.and.van.in.all.the.aviation.agencies now.allegedly belong.to.the.Honourable.Minister.of.Aviation..No mention.is.made.of the.fact.that, of.all.the.documents.paraded.for.the.vehicles, none mentioned.the name.of.the Honourable.Minister.of.Aviation. This.is.not.with-standing.the.fact.that.the NCAA.has.come.out.to.clarify.the.issue.that.entered.into.the.transaction..Indeed,.Nigerians.are.mischievously.sold.the.lie.that.the.cars.have.been.paid.for.–.meanwhile.they.were.purchased.on.higher.purchase.and.payments.are.yet.to.even.commence..Nigerians.must.brace.up.for more misinformation on.this.matter as.very.soon, pictures.of.trains.and.ships.will.soon.be.published.as.belonging.to.the.Honourable.Minister.of.Aviation..Nigerians.must.also.note.that.the.main.target of.this.sinister.plot is.President.Goodluck.Jonathan.who.must.be.stopped.from.running.for.re-election.in.2015,.in.line.with.the.dictates of.the.G7, who.have.demanded.that.Okonjo.Iweala,.Alison.Madueke,.and.Princess.Oduah.must.go.as.a.condition.for.a.truce.(?)..These.same spoilers.mounted.and.orchestrated.campaign.for.the.removal.of.other.shinning.stars.  And.now,.they.have.turned.their.searchlight.on.Princess.Stella.Oduah, another.rising.star.of.this.administration..Should.they.be.allowed.to.succeed.this.time?.To.the.discerning.mind,.their.ultimate.target.is.not.Princess.Stella.Oduah,.or.the.other.Ministers.but.the.2015.re-election.bid.of.President.Goodluck.Jonathan..They will.stop.at.nothing.to.achieve.their.aim..The.revolution.embarked.upon.by.Princess.Stella.Oduah.has.gradually.turned.around.our.fortunes.and.placed.Nigerian.aviation.on.the.centre.point.of.African.Aviation.. On.assumption.of.office,.she gave.voice and.protection.to Nigerian.passengers.who.were.short-changed by.some.foreign.airlines,.through.discriminatory fare.policies..The.NCAA.was.mandated.to.investigate.such.allegations.and.the.affected.airlines.were.asked.to.refund.affected.Nigerian.passengers.the.excess.fares..She.initiated.a.policy.removing import.duties.on.aircraft spare.parts,.in.order.to.reduce.the.cost.of.aircraft.maintenance,.enhance.flight.safety and.increase.profitability.in.airline.business..She.provided.enabling.environment.for.local.airlines.to purchase.new.aircraft and.by.so.doing, reduce.the.number.of.old.aircraft in.their.fleet..The.process.of.floating.a.National.Carrier.which.is.a.source.of.our.national.pride,.has.virtually.been.completed.under.her.care..Princess.Stella.stood.up.against.the.British.Airports.Authority’s.attempt at.reducing.Arik.Air’s.allocation.slot.at.London.Heathrow.by.threatening.to.reduce the.slot.of.British.Airways.at.Murtala.Muhammed.Airport..British.Airports.Authority.was.forced.to.halt.that.move.to.the.benefit.of.Arik..The.Automation.of.revenue.points.in.all.parastatals.under.the.Ministry.of.Aviation.in.order.to.minimize fraud.and increase the.revenue.profiles.of these.parastatals.is.already.yielding.results..The.Minister.held.the.first.ever.Aviation.Road-show.in.three.Continents.of.the.world.to.sensitize.major.aviation.stakeholder.to.the availability.of.huge.investment.opportunities.in.the.country’s.aviation.industry..This.ultimately.resulted.in.the.signing.of.an.MOU.between.the.Nigerian.and.Chinese.Governments.for.the.construction.of.five.new.International.terminals.in.Lagos,.Abuja,.Kano,.Enugu.and.Port-Harcourt..Work.has.already.commenced. .The.formulation.of.the.Aviation.sector.Master.plan.(Aviation.Road-Map).encompassing.such.significant.programs.as.Airport.Remodeling.Project,.Aerotropolis,.Perishable.Cargo.Initiative.etc..that.have.transformed.the.aviation.landscape.in.Nigeria..Yakubu.Dati.Coordinating.GM.of.Aviation.Parastatals.