N255m Cars Scandal: Jonathan Under Pressure To Cover Stella

The committee set up by President Gooodluck Jonathan has submitted it's own report but it seems the content is not in favour of the Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah. Hence, 'politricks' has commenced to save her.

President Jonathan is currently under intense pressure to spare the embattled Minister of Aviation, Ms Oduah, over her role in the purchase of two bulletproof BMW cars by the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority

Investigation by Punch has revealed that the people that are asking Jonathan to save the neck of Oduah were said to be telling the President not to mind the report of the administrative panel he set up to investigate the minister’s role in the controversial N255m luxury cars.

The panel headed by a former Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Alhaji Isa Bello, had submitted its report to Jonathan since last Wednesday but the President has not said anything about its content.

A source told our correspondent that a top government official from the South-East, the same geopolitical zone with the embattled minister, is currently in the forefront of the campaign to save her. The source however did not disclose the identities of those who have been enlisted in the campaign.

He said that part of the campaign agenda had started manifesting in a section of the media where the content of the panel’s report was being speculated with a view to giving the minister an edge.

“There is no development on the matter yet because there is a lot of pressure. We know who the arrowhead of the campaign is,” the source said.

Jonathan will be leaving Nigeria for London on Wednesday without making a pronouncement on the issue.

The delay in making pronouncement on the report is being seen as a way of buying time for the minister.

Critics at the onset had said the probe panel by Jonathan was set up to divert attention from the armoured car purchase and to also cover up the minister. The right agency to handle Stella Oduah's issue is the EFCC.