We’ll Reveal 242 Public Officers Who Own Armoured Cars ~ Oke Ndigbo A group, Oke Ndigbo, has vowed to reveal a list containing the names of about 242 Nigerian public officers, who utilise approximately 312 armoured cars, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices Commission (ICPC). The threat came as the reaction to the backdrop of N255m bullet-proof BMW cars case involving the Aviation Minister, Princess Stella Oduah. The group lamented the virulence of the attacks on the minister by people from the South-West zone, since the armoured car debacle became public knowledge. Mr. Jude Nworah, the National coordinator of the group, said in a statement that the South-West has 38 percent, or 118 of such cars, adding that the first government official in the first four years of this Republic to import armoured Mercedes Benz Jeep into the country was a former governor from the zone. 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 Advisers office cant 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 Oduahs 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,the statement said.
Posted on: Tue, 19 Nov 2013 21:51:05 +0000