N255m car deal: Group defends Oduah

N255m car deal: Group defends Oduah
on october 28, 2013 at 5:55 am in news
By DANIEL GUMM
WARRI — THE Niger Delta Indigenous Movement for
Radical Change, NDIMRC, has defended the
Minister of Aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, over the
controversial N255 million bullet-proof cars,
warning the House of Representatives not to
contemplate arresting her, just as it condemned the
panel set up by President Goodluck Jonathan to
investigate the purchase of the cars.
The House of Representatives had threatened to
issue a bench warrant for the arrest of the Aviation
Minister, Princess Oduah, if, by tomorrow, she
failed to appear before its Committee on Aviation to
respond to the two controversial armoured BMW
cars said to have been bought for her by the
Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority, NCAA.
The group in a statement by its President, Nelly
Emma; Secretary, John Sailor and Public Relations
Officer, Mukoro Stanley said the Aviation Minister
did no wrong and held that Nigerians were too much
in a hurry in condemning the minister over the
purchase of the bullet-proof cars.
The group said: “Our Checks revealed that the
bullet-proof cars were bought so that they can be
used by the Aviation Ministry when the country
hosts dignitaries from IATA, ICAO and other
international bodies and it was through lease
financing.
“Princess Stella Oduah has changed the face of
airports across the country. She is going out of her
way on a daily basis to bring our airports to
international standard and should be applauded
rather than be crucified.”