Stella Oduha says she is going on a medical leave to escape certificate scandal

The embattled Minister of Aviation, Stella Oduah, has not
returned to Abuja after Sahara Reporters broke the news of
her certificate scandal, insider Presidency sources revealed on
Tuesday. They disclosed that the minister informed President
Goodluck Jonathan that she was attending to her "medical
needs" in Brazil, following which she apparently left for an
undisclosed country. Oduah, who was also embroiled in a
BMW purchase scandal prior to the certificate mess,
reportedly took off from Nigeria after the report of a
presidential panel indicting her for a string of corrupt
practices was leaked to her.

The panel reportedly went beyond its initial brief to unravel a
string of corrupt acts of the minister including how she
connived with commercial banks to receive kickbacks for
renovation projects initiated at airports across the country.
The panel, set up by President Jonathan in October to look
into how she squeezed the cash-strapped Nigerian Civil
Aviation Authority to purchase two armored BMW cars for
$1.6million.

The story was also broken by Sahara Reporters. Rather than
face the consequences of her own actions, Mrs. Oduah has
been telling anyone willing to listen that she merely - stepped
on powerful toes in the country. But did the "powerful toes"
asked her to engage in corrupt practices?