BREAKING: "You're a Liar", Lawmaker Tackles Buhari's Minister, Gives Reason
- Nnolim Nnaji, the immediate past chairman of the Aviation Committee of the House of Representatives, has hit back at Hadi Sirika, ex-minister of aviation
- According to Nnaji, the minister of the immediate past president Muhammadu Buhari was only lying against him because he only demanded that the right should be done
- Nnaji's comment was a response to the former minister's allegation that the lawmaker demanded a 5% bribe in the newly inaugurated Nigeria Carrier
FCT, Abuja - Honorable Nnolim Nnaji, the former chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Aviation, has tackled the former minister of aviation under ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, Hadi Sirika, of lying against him.
Daily Trust reported that the lawmaker made this known in his response to the allegation that was leveled against him by the former minister.
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The lawmaker who tagged Nigeria Carrier a scam demanded bribe, Buhari minister alleges
Sirika in an interview on Arise TV on Sunday, June 11, alleged that the lawmaker demanded for a 5 percent share of Nigeria Air.
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His statement reads:
“Hon Nnaji asked me that I should give him 5% of Nigeria Carrier to carry him along with his people."
In his response in a statement on Sunday, the lawmaker said the former minister was lying against him because he had insisted that the right thing must be done.
Reps member Nnaji drags Buhari's minister over bribery allegation
He described the ex-President's minister as a "drowning man", adding that he was struggling to survive the myriad of attacks he had received on the controversial Nigeria carrier he unveiled in the last hour of President Buhari's administration.
The lawmaker said he would not have responded to the allegation but there is a need for him to respond because of his constituency and to Nigerians.
The statement reads in part:
“Sirika is a drowning man struggling to grab anything on his way to survive the barrage of attacks he has been receiving since his controversial unveiling ceremony of the so called Nigeria Air.”
Reps member who labeled Nigeria Air as fraud asked me for bribe, ex-Buhari minister
Legit.ng earlier reported that 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.
Source: Legit.ng
