The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission may be forced to declare a former Minister of Aviation,
Senator Stella Oduah, wanted after refusing to honor five separate
invitations, in the last three year.
Oduah, it was learnt, was expected to be at the EFCC office on Monday, February 19, but failed to show up.
A source at the EFCC said, “The
ex-minister is under investigation for allegedly perpetrating several
corrupt acts while she was a minister. She has continued to ignore all
invitations and if she fails to cooperate, we will either obtain a
warrant for her arrest or declare her wanted.
“She has not even deemed it fit to respond via letter stating her reasons for not honoring the invitations.”
The spokesman for the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren,
last week said that Oduah who currently represents Anambra-North Senatorial
District in the Senate, had shunned three invitations in the last three
months.
The current episode brings the number of ignored invitations to five.
Oduah had also refused to say if she would honor the EFCC’s invitation when she was asked last week.
When contacted on Tuesday, Oduah neither confirmed nor denied the invitations from the EFCC.
After listening to the inquiries, she
said, “As I am talking you now, I am at a budget defense meeting. Call
me tomorrow (Wednesday).”
Oduah had recently issued a statement to deny the alleged diversion of fund under her watch as aviation minister.
She had said, “At no time was any money
meant for contracts under my watch as the Aviation minister diverted to
any company belonging to me neither did I pay back any loan from any
such funds.
“All contracts awarded by the Ministry
of Aviation under me followed the due process and as for the contract
under reference, the said contract was executed.”
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