Senator Stella Oduah, former Minister of Aviation has finally reported to EFCC office .

Stella Oduah

She was on Monday grilled for over ten hours by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over implementation of the N9.4 billion contract for the provision of security in 22 airports across Nigeria.

Insiders said “Oduah arrived the headquarters of the agency in Abuja at about 11am and was still being grilled by a team of investigators by 6pm.”
“She was invited over a number of allegations bordering on abuse of office and money laundering. One of the allegations concerns fraud in the N9.4bn ISEC contract for security installations in some airports.”

“She was invited on three different occasions to report for interview on the 13th June, 2017, 29th June 2017 and 13th November 2017 but she failed to honour any of the invitations. “Rather than appear to face a panel that was raised by the EFCC to interrogate her, Oduah, through a letter dated January 5, 2018, informed the commission that she would honour the invite on January 29, 2018.”

“The contract was awarded when she held sway as Minister of Aviation in the administration of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan. There were issues surrounding the contract, including alleged non-execution of the project in some airports, abandonment of the contract in a few ones, diversion of part of the contract sum and suspected case of money laundering.”

It will be recalled that based on her inability to report, EFCC had earlier threatened to declare her wanted in connection with the failed security contract after she failed to report to the agency after being invited thrice in the last one year. It was not clear if she would be admitted on administrative bail or detained.