Sahara Reporters provides with reference to
its sources within the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) that the agency
has traced N3.6bn in stolen funds to the
former minister of aviation, Stella Oduah.
According to the report, Oduah who served under
Goodluck Jonathan’s administration secured
several multi-billion naira contracts to upgrade
Nigeria’s 22 airports, however a substantial
amount of the money was pocketed by the
minister.
The information was obtained from the
documents which show that only six out of
the 192 contracts awarded in the second
phase were completed.
This allegation comes in addition to the N255m
bulletproof cars purchase scandal which made
national news and cost Oduah the appointment as
a minister during Jonathan’s term .
It should be noted that Oduah has
recently obtained an interim injunction
preventing the EFCC from investigating, arresting,
questioning, or prosecuting her.
However, later the injunction was annulled, which
allowed the EFCC to commence the probe into the
cars purchase probe. The investigation was said to
have shown that the ex minister not
only misallocated N255m but
also dirverted N3.6bn to the eight
companies created for money laundering.
Source: Naij.com
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