Former minister of aviation, Princess Stella Oduah, we learnt will contest for a seat in the senate in 2015. Oduah, who was dropped from the cabinet early this year after the controversial purchase of bullet-proof cars, will contest for the Anambra North slot on the platform of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).

However, she will first have to dislodge the incumbent senator, Mrs. Margery Okadigbo─ widow of Dr. Chuba Okadigbo ─ who fought all the way to the Supreme Court before she could take her seat in 2013, two years after her election. Oduah, who hails from Akili-Ozizor in Ogbaru LGA is believed to enjoy the backing of the PDP hierarchy and is not expected to find it difficult to get the party’s nomination. The oil and gas entrepreneur was a key figure in the campaign of President Goodluck Jonathan in 2011 with her Neighbour-2-Neighbour initiative.

She was subsequently made minister of aviation where she developed a road map for the remodelling and renovation of the nation’s 22 airports. However, she ran into a storm last year over the purchase of two BMW armoured cars for N255 million by the National Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA). It was believed to be overly inflated and the controversy eventually led to her ouster from the cabinet. The purchase was said to have breached due process, according to a Senate report, and there was also a public outcry over the necessity of such expenditure in the first place.

But Oduah insists she did not commit any fraud. Can you beat that!