Nigeria’s Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah, has
been fired by President Goodluck Jonathan.
Ms. Oduah has been caught in a web of
certificate scandals and a scandalous
purchase of two BMW armored cars for $1.6
million. Both scandals were exposed by
Saharareporters.
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Our correspondent reported that Ms. Oduah
and three other ministers within the
Jonathan govt were relieved of their
positions on the orders of Mr. Jonathan.
However, their sack was passed off as
voluntary resignation from the cabinet.
The other ministers sacked includes, the
minister of the Niger Delta, Godsday
Orubebe, minister of police affairs, Chris
Olukolade and the minister of state for
Finance, Yerima Ngama
Late last year, we reported that Ms. Oduah
had compelled the Nigerian Civil Aviation
Authority (NCAA) to pay Coscharis Motors, an
auto dealer, approximately $1.6 million for
two BMW bullet-proof cars. Investigations by
us showed that the highest cost for each
such car in both the US and UK was $
267,000 per car. NCAA and other sources
further disclosed that the two cars were
never delivered, compounding a scam by Ms.
Oduah who reportedly split the $1.6 million
funds with Cosmas Maduka, the chief
executive of Coscharis.
More recently, SaharaReporters discovered
that the former Aviation Minister did not
earn a Masters degree she claimed to have
received from a US college.