EFCC to Probe Stella Oduah’s N255m Armoured Car Deal
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may have decided to probe the N255 million BMW Car deal despite several attempt by the Nigeria Civil Aviation 
Authority (NCAA) to divert attention away from the huge amount spent in procuring two armoured cars for the Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah.
Since the story broke that the NCAA bought two BMW 760 LI armoured cars for the use of the minister, there has been a growing clamour for President Goodluck Jonathan to sack her if she fails to resign.
Meanwhile, the NCAA Director-General, Dr. Fola Akinkuotu, has denied news reports that the cars were for the minister, saying that the agency bought them for operational purposes.
“The cars are operational vehicles used in the various operations of the NCAA transporting the minister and aviation related foreign dignitaries as part of its operations,” he said during a media conference in Abuja.
However, sources close to EFCC confirmed to NigerianEcho that the commission has started preliminary investigations into the contract and a proper probe would be launched especially into the exorbitant purchase of the cars that insiders says bypassed due process and moral values especially going by Nigeria’s current air safety issue.
NigerianEcho also gathered that the House of Representatives has also indicated its readiness to investigate the transaction as soon as it returns from Sallah break. The Senate which is also on break has not taken any decision yet on the controversial transaction.
In another development, the Igbo Youth Movement (IYM), an umbrella body for youth groups in the South-east, which defended Oduah, urged Nigerians to exercise caution in their comments on the issue.
The IYM warned Nigerians against reaching a hasty conclusion on the car deal. The south-eastern group cautioned those planning demonstrations to ask for the removal of any minister to desist from doing so as their acts would not be condoned.
The threat was contained in a statement released in Enugu Monday by its National President, Elliot Ukoh, He expressed concern that disgruntled businessmen in pursuit of a political vendetta preferred to use unemployed youths as “cannon fodder”.
“Their belief is that once she is out of the way, the old order would return where they would continue to feather their nests,”
