N255m car scandal: No cover-up for Oduah -Presidency
The Presidency on Thursday promised that President Goodluck
Jonathan will not cover up the embattled Minister of Aviation, Ms Stella
Oduah, on the N255m bulletproof cars bought for her by the Nigerian
Civil Aviation Authority.
Special Adviser to the President on Political Matters, Mr. Ahmed Gulak,
made the Presidency's position known in an exclusive interview with our
correspondent.
But despite the assurances from the Presidency, Nigerian lawyers said
they had no confidence in the ability of the probe panels and committees
set up to bring the minister to book if found guilty.
Gulak said that the position of the President remained that whoever is
found wanting, no matter how highly placed, would be sanctioned
appropriately.
He said if Jonathan planned a cover-up for the embattled minister, he
would not have bothered to query her and constitute an administrative
probe panel to investigate the matter.
The presidential aide added that the fact that the National Assembly was
also investigating the matter showed the seriousness the government
attached to the issue.
He, therefore, appealed to all stakeholders to wait for the three-man
administrative panel to conclude its assignment next week and see what
the President will do based on the report before forming their opinions
on the issue.
Gulak said, 'How can people be accusing the President of planning to cover up the minister?
'If he had planned a cover-up for her, he would not have bothered to
query her. If he wanted to do cover up, the President would not have
constituted a probe panel to investigate the matter.
'I can tell you authoritatively that President Jonathan will not cover up anybody.
'We should all wait for the outcome of the panel and see what the
President will do. What I know is that he will not hesitate to sanction
anybody found wanton, no matter how highly placed.
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