Reps Issue 'Last Invitation' for Oduah

The House of Representatives Committee on Aviation re-issued its summon on the Minister of Aviation, Ms. Stella Oduah to appear at its investigative hearing on October 31, at 10 a.m.

On October 30, 2013, Wednesday, the Committee stressed that failure to honour "this last invitation" would be viewed as deliberate. It also added that she would therefore be made to face the consequences of her action according to the provisions of the law.

The Aviation Minister is expected to clarify issues relating to the controversial purchase of two BMW bullet proof cars by the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority.

Ms. Oduah was to appear before the panel on October 24, but wrote to the Committee that she was out of the country for the signing of Bilateral Air Services Agreement between Nigeria and Israel.

The Aviation Minister was also absent on Wednesday's hearings of the Commission, as, reportedly, she had been on her way from the foreign trip.