N255m Cars Not For Me – Oduah

[Shola Sholaz]

MINISTER of Aviation ,Princess Stella Oduah, Thursday told members of the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation that the alleged purchase of N255million BMW. armoured cars were not bought for her personal use.
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Oduah who astonished stakeholders with this disclosure  at the investigative hearing on the issue in her 12 page presentation said:
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"As you all are aware, what necessitated this public hearing were the events that followed a false and malicious online publication that I had compelled the NCAA to purchase for me two BMW bullet proof cars at the cost of $1.6million."
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"Let me state emphatically that from the onset that the allegation concerning the purchase of the two bullet proof cars for me by the NCAA is false in its entirety. "
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After reading her presentation, Rep Zakari Lafia Mohammed asked her whether it is a  loan or lease that her agency obtained from FBN, she said it is the same. She said the money NCAA would pay would still be below the N240million at the end of the year.