Stella Oduah, Nigeria’s powerful minister of aviation has quit President Goodluck Jonathan’s cabinet.
Her resignation was announced today after the weekly Federal Executive Council meeting in Abuja.
There
was no official reason given for the resignation, which followed
corruption scandals and certificate racketeering involving her.
The
woman had defied the gravity of the allegations, including her
indictment by a House of Representatives Committee, that she bought,
without lawful approval, two armored BMW cars at grossly inflated price
of N255million from Coscharis Motors. She was also accused of lying
about having a masters degree in Business administration which she never
had.
The
other ministers that also resigned are Elder Godsday Orubebe, the
Minister of the Niger Delta, Caleb Olubolade, the Minister of Police
Affairs and the Minister of State For Finance, Yerima Ngama.
The
three ministers are said to be interested in contesting for the
governorship positions in their home states of Delta, Ekiti, and Yobe
respectively.
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