N255m cars scandal: Group threatens to expose 242 government officials that own armoured cars

In reaction to the call by a section of Nigeria that
Aviation Minister, Stella Oduah be sacked for her
involvement in the alleged purchase of N255M
bulletproof cars for National Civil Aviation
Authority, NCAA, a group known as Oke Ndigbo
has threatened to release names of about 242 public officers in Nigeria, who own and use about
312 armoured cars. The group further threatened
to drag them before the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Independent
Corrupt Practices Commission, ICPC. The group criticised those attacking the Minister
from the South-West zone, since the controversial
bulletproof vehicles become a topical issue
amongst Nigerians, saying that the attack was
borne out of sentiment. The group in a statement by its National Co-
ordinator, Mr Jude Nworah, said that the South-
West has more than 38 percent or 118
bulletproof cars currently being used in the
country. The group further disclosed that the first
government official in the first four years of this Republic to have imported armoured Mercedes
Benz Jeep into the country was a former governor
from the South-West. It said: “We have done our research; we have the
figure of the purchase and other details, and even
the ones he uses today. Even the National Security
Adviser’s office can’t dispute this accurate data.
We would do the best of sending this list to the
National Assembly, EFCC, ICPC for full public investigation of the involved persons, including
National Assembly members, ministers,
governors, security officials, among others. Good
enough, with the South-West commanding 38
percent of this compendium, the stench would
fester more in the region. “We have been keen observers of the war that has
been on in the aviation sector targeted at Princess
Oduah, the Minister of Aviation. It has been an
interesting outing, and since we know how the
war started and the manner it is being executed,
we have at this time resolved to be part of it as a pressure group on the rights of Ndigbo (Oke
Ndigbo) in a country divided and polarised at
every point by ethnicity and other parochial
sentiments. “For the records, we state that if Stella Oduah was
taken up on clear grounds of misconduct, we
would not be part of her battle. But because we
have deep knowledge of the ethnic bias on this
calumny intended to edge her out because she is
Igbo, we would join this fight as we have resolved. “After Oduah’s appearance before the House of
Representatives, we have been convinced that the
facts are open from her explanation that we
should do ourselves the sincere good of
separating between Stella Oduah and the Minister
for Aviation. The two are not the same.”