"Stella Oduah has no female housemaid": Igbo Group reacts to allegations

A group known as the South East
Association of Igbo Ladies, SEAIL,
have stated that the senator representing Anambra North
Senatorial District, Stella Oduah, has
no female housemaid. Reports in the media said the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has discovered the sum of N2.5bn in an account opened in the name of an unnamed housemaid of the Senator.

In a statement made available to
reporters on Tuesday. It said: “We
would like to state unequivocally
that this report is totally false,
baseless and has no sense in it. In
the first place, Sen Oduah has no female domestic staff. “In the second place, what would be
the sense in putting such money in a personal account. -is it for savings or concealment -either of which makes no sense no matter how big the person is?

“We are confident to say that the
report did not by any imagination
arose from EFCC because the EFCC of
today we know are diligent and
works with facts. “We are convinced that the source of the report must be the handiwork ofsome mischief makers who have not hidden their determination to bring Sen oduah down by every means.

“They succeeded in pushing her out
of government during the last
regime but failed to stop her from
winning her election to the senate. “Oduah is one of the few senators
who after one year in office is still
battling with pre election matters in
court.

“We are convinced that it is because
they have not been able to
completely uproot the distinguished
senator that they reverted to their
usual character assassination
strategy. “It is our wish to use this
opportunity to appeal to the
persecutors of Senator Oduah to let
her be in the name of God after so
much trauma.

“They must remember that Senator
Oduah is not a new name in the
Nigerian economy. It is known to all
that Senator Oduah was a well
known business woman who
founded and managed an outstanding successful business in
the oil and gas sector before
venturing into government. “It is also well known to every fair
minded Nigerian she lost her
business as a result of her incursion
into government for which reason
she came out of government poor
than she went in. “We want to state that our only consolation in the regrettable senerio that is playing out now is that Sen Oduah’s work in
government as aviation minister can
not be denied even by her worse enemies. Her work at the airports
shall remain the pride of the aviation industry in the next 30yrs.

“As a senator. Sen Oduah has
continued to put up an exemplary
performance.”

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