The Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) has traced N3.6b in stolen funds to former Minister of
Aviation Stella Oduah.
Oduah, who is now a serving
senator, recently obtained an interim injunction preventing the EFCC from
investigating, arresting, questioning, or prosecuting her.
The injunction which
was granted her by Justice Mohammed Yunusa of the Federal High Court in Lagos
was later dismissed by Justice Okon Abang of a Federal High Court in Lagos in
February, allowing the EFCC to commence the investigations into the N255m
scandal.
According to EFCC
sources, while Oduah served as a Minister of Aviation and secured several
multi-billion naira contracts to upgrade Nigeria’s 22 airports, much of the
said money allegedly ended in the minister’s pockets and that the program’s
progress that she touted was grossly overstated.
The EFCC sources
further alleged that out of the 192 contracts awarded in the second phase of
the program, only six were completed.
- Leadership
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