N255m armoured car scandal: House C’ttee continues hearing today

THE House committee on Aviation
investigative hearing on alleged purchase of
N255million bullet proof cars by the Minister of
Aviation continues today amidst doubts that
Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah will honour the summons asking her to appear before
the committee today. A member of the committee and spokesman of
the House, Zakari Mohammed told Vanguard,
yesterday, that “the hearing must continue and
must be concluded within the stipulated one
week that the House gave us. “We gave the minister enough time to re-align
her travel schedules to enable her show up
today.” It will be recalled that Oduah had written a letter
dated October 25 asking the committee to shift
the date of her appearance to November 4. The committee too had countered her letter
insisting that she must appear today. All seems set for the final phase of the
investigative hearing fixed for today. Chairperson, House Committee on Aviation,
Nkeuruka Onyejeocha, weekend, said the
investigative hearing on the alleged purchase of
N255million bullet proof cars by the Minister of
Aviation, Stella Oduah would be suspended till
she comes back from Israel. Onyejeocha said the “essence of our suspending
the probe pending when she comes is to ensure
that she gets a fair hearing. The truth is that you
cannot try somebody in her absence and get a
clearer picture of what transpired. “We will not seat till on Wednesday by then the
Minister must have concluded all her transactions
in Israel.”