The human rights group said it has carried out tailed
investigations, which revealed that the cars were not purchased but leased to
aviation authorities as special utility vehicles procured for the use of very important
persons who visit Nigeria on assignment for the International Civil Aviation
Organization (ICAO).
Speaking at the briefing in Lagos, the president general of
Global Peace Movement International, Mike Uyi, said, “Oduah should not resign
her position as minister on account of allegations that have not been
sufficiently established with documentary evidence”.
He said the committees that have so far investigated the
controversies surrounding the procurement of the vehicles have not come out to
state categorically the supposed amount for the cars except that they have noted
that there was breach of due process in the deal.
Uyi categorically stated that the controversy generated by
the allegation of the corruption against the minister is the “handiwork of
entrenched interests who are opposed to the transformation going on in the
industry”.
Nigeria’s aviation sector is gaining ground in diaspora.
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| Dr. Olumuyiwa Babatunde Aliu of Nigeria. ICAO president |
“How can you say that a country that has produce ICAO
president has a minister who did not go to school? It is stupidity in the highest
order. No panel set up so far indicted her with valid evidence”.
He said the energy deployed to draw attention to the alleged
corrupt practice by Oduah should be channeled towards developing the aviation
sector, which the minister has tried to turn around.
by Sade Williams: Busines Day News paper, Thursday 23/01/14, pg 6.
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