BREAKING: Buhari's minister reveals how lawmaker who labeled Nigerian Air as fraud demanded bribe

• Ex-President Muhammadu Buhari's minister of aviation, Hadi Sirika, has alleged that the lawmaker that declared the new Nigeria carrier as fraud demanded a bribe from him
• The chairman of the House of Reps Committee on Aviation had at a public hearing, Nnolim Nnaji, after listening to stakeholders on the new carrier declared Nigeria Air a fraud
• But Sirika in an interview on Sunday disclosed that the lawmaker had demanded a 5 percent share of the aviation project from him

FCT, Abuja - Senator Hadi Sirika, the immediate past minister of aviation under former President Muhammadu Buhari has claimed that the lawmaker that tagged the National Carrier as fraud demanded 5 percent shares of the Nigeria Air from him.

Daily Trust reported that Nnolim Nnaji, the chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation, during a hearing, declared that the launch of Nigeria Air is a fraud.

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The lawmaker faulted the project, adding that the federal government poor-handled the return of Nigeria Air.

In his reaction to the allegation, the former minister, while speaking on Arise TV on Sunday, June 11, said he was approached by the lawmaker, who then demanded a 5% share of the airline for "him and his people.

There has been strong criticism against the coming to life of Nigeria Air in the dying hour of the previous administration.

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Concerned Northern Forum (CNF), an Arewa group, recently demanded that the minister should be probed over fraud allegations in the deal.

The group in a statement by its chairman, Alim Mohammad, on Saturday, June 10, said the call became necessary following the recent disturbing revelations that stakeholders made at the public hearing of the House of Reps committee on aviation in relation to the Nigeria carrier.

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Mohammad in the statement specifically highlighted the area that alleged that the brandished aircraft was allegedly rented by the Ethiopian Airline.

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Legit.ng earlier reported that the federal government has approved the planned Lekki international airport by the Lagos state government.

The state governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, received the letter of approval from the minister of aviation, Hadi Sirika, on Tuesday, September 11.

The letter was presented to the governor on behalf of the federal government at the ongoing Ehingbeti Lagos Economic Summit at the Eko Hotel and Suites at Victoria Island.

Source: Legit.ng