A former Aviation Minister, Senator Stella Oduah, has described as “mischievous” recent reports that she was evading invitations by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
In a statement issued in Abuja yesterday, Oduah, who is currently the senator representing Anambra North in the National Assembly, said the report was the handiwork of political detractors whose aim is to pitch the anti-graft agency against her, even as she indicated that she is already in talks with her lawyer to sue for defamation of character.
Reports in some national dailies and online media had indicated that the lawmaker who chairs the Senate Committee on Cooperation and Integration was evading invitations to the commission to defend a N9.4 billion contract awarded during her time as Aviation Minister.
However, the senator stressed that the story was mere fabrications which did not emanate from the EFCC, adding that she had been in constant correspondence with the commission. She said she was willing to defend her stewardship during her time as minister, adding that she followed due processes in all her dealings, while in charge of the ministry.
“The season of politics is here again and some people must play the politics of pull him down syndrome, this is what perhaps informed the fabrications in the story. “How else do you explain that a serving senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, a law abiding citizen, a chief executive officer of multinational companies, would be evasive to honour an invitation if not a mere mischief, that is informed by dirty politics,” she said.
