Minister of Aviation, Stella Udah $1.6 million bulletproof BMW Car

The House of Representatives Tuesday ordered an investigation into the controversial purchase of two armoured BMW 760 Li cars by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) for the Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah.

The procurement of the cars for the use of the minister has generated an outcry in the last one week, particularly in the face of conflicting reports on its actual cost and the motives for the purchase.

However, it was gathered that given Oduah’s ties with the presidency and the pivotal role she played in Jonathan’s electoral victory in 2011, this may slow down the pace of investigation into the purchase of the two bulletproof cars bought at N255 million.
But the spokesman for the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), Mr. Yakubu Dati, linked the campaign against the minister to an alleged plot to stop the president from running in the 2015 presidential election, if he chooses to do so.