N2.5billion: Oduah denies opening account in maid's name

 

Senator Stella Oduah representing Anambra North senatorial district has refuted claims that she allegedly opened N2.5 billion account in her maid’s name. It was reported that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) are of the view that a bank account opened by Stella Oduah contained allegedly stolen N2.5billion. Media also reports that the account was opened without the knowledge of the maid to prevent anybody from knowing she was the real owner of the huge sum of money.

Oduah who reacted to these claims described it as “another malicious and fictitious rumour.” “We will like to state unequivocally that this report is totally false, baseless and at best the imagination of the platform who is only set out to extort and blackmail leaders in its continuous attempt by their paymasters to break the rank of Senators of the 8th Assembly.
“Over the past few months, the once respected online platform, Sahara Reporters has continued to surpass itself by continuously sinking to an all time low of posting uncorroborated reports to mislead Nigerians to promote the agenda of certain elements who’s fight against corruption can only been seen on pages of newspaper and pockets of their media spinners while millions of Nigerians remain unemployed and hundreds of thousands of kids go to bed hungry day in day out.
“The online platform claimed their sources in EFCC said a whopping 5.6 billion must have been stolen, then went further to contradict itself that the agency had determined it was 3.6 Billion then again reduced it to 2.5 billion in the same publication,” she said. The senator further went to challenge if truly such account exists as claimed by the online platform and it is still operational and she not the so called housemaid have not been called in for questioning when the agency is freezing accounts and going after opposition governors who enjoy same level of immunity as the president.
Oduah who made a name for herself during her tenure as Minister of Aviation reiterated that at no time did she ask or try to meet with the EFCC Chairman, Ibrahim Lamorde. She is currently in her constituency thanked her supporters and well wishers who have reached out to vent their frustrations assured them that there is nothing to worry about. However, she restated that no such accounts exist and challenged Sahara reporters to present details of their funding and how the platform is able to afford a property in choice area of Maitama in Abuja. Meanwhile, one of the anti-graft sources revealed that the discovery of the “housemaid’s” account is an indication that Ms Oduah could have laundered as much as N5.6 billion so far from the aviation ministry’s budget during her time as minister. Moreso, initial findings revealed that the ex-female minister was the only single signatory to the account, as The Nation learnt on Saturday, July 2.

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