After plea bargain in N2.4bn fraud case, ex-minister Oduah set for Senate contest

Just a week aft it was announced that erstwhile Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, has entered a plea bargain statement with the Federal Government implicit allegations of N2.4 cardinal fraud hanging implicit her neck, she has declared her volition to tally for Senate successful the 2027 election.

Oduah, a erstwhile minister, served arsenic legislator representing Anambra North connected the level of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

She has been lasting trial, alongside 2 co-defendants, successful a fraud related case.

During the past proceeding connected the matter, prosecuting lawyer and Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation, DPPF, Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, announced earlier Justice Hamza Muazu of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, that Oduah had entered a delight bargain and started making refunds to the Federal Government.

Oyedepo said: “The defendants person made a determination to refund a definite magnitude of the wealth into the authorities coffers.”

He was not circumstantial astir the magnitude the defendants person refunded, but Oduah’s lawyer, Onyechi Ikpeazu, SAN, confirmed what Oyedepo said.

Surprisingly, days aft this announcement, Oduah’s posters announcing her volition to tally for Senate has flooded parts of Anambra State and the net space.

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