Nigeria’s Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah, Minister of Police Affairs, Caleb Olubolade; Minister of Niger Delta
Affairs, Godsday Orubebe; and Minister of State for Finance, Yerima
Ngama.
They were asked to resign to save them the humiliation of being sacked.
However, Ms. Oduah has been caught in a web of
certificate scandals and a scandalous purchase of two BMW armored cars
for $1.6 million.
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.
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.