Stella Oduah Reacts To Allegations That She Stashed N2.5bn In Her Housemaid’s Account

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Former minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, has reacted to reports that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) was on her trail for allegedly stashing nearly N2.5 billion in a bank account she set up using the identity of her domestic aide.

Oduah who said on Monday that she received the reports while relaxing in her country home in Anambra State, challenged those who published the allegations to publish proofs that substantiate her guilt.

In a statement, signed by Francisca Onyeisi, head of communications, the former minister said that if the reports were true, she would have been arrested long before now, especially at a time when the EFCC is “freezing accounts and going after opposition governors who enjoy same level of immunity as the president.”

Oduah, urged his supporters and the general public to ignore the reports, saying she had “made a mark in oil and gas and Agricultural businesses before joining politics.”

Sahara Reporters, had on Sunday reported EFCC sources as revealing to it how Oduah used the name and pictures of the unnamed maid to set up the account.

Sahara Reporters quoted one of the EFCC source as saying, “Senator Oduah apparently opened the account with her housemaid’s name, image, and details without the housemaid knowing about it”.

The said account, the report claims, was still active as at last week.

Oduah was removed from office in February 2014 after she was found to have received armoured BMW cars, worth N255million, from an agency she supervised.