Former Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, has been summoned by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), to explain the Nigeria Air project, which he claimed cost N3 billion, but is denounced as a scam by federal lawmakers.
Sources said the EFCC will investigate the N3 billion spent, an amount some stakeholders insisted is actually more than N80 billion. A source told newsmen, “I can confirm that there is an ongoing investigation in that regard.
“We have already questioned some officials of Nigerian Air. We have invited the former Aviation minister, Hadi Sirika. We are expecting him within the week”.
Recall that Sirika had, at the twilight of the Muhammadu Buhari administration, caused the supposed launch of Nigeria Air on May 26 using an Ethiopian Airline aircraft.
However, stakeholders were enraged when an Ethiopian Airline jet arrived in Abuja with Ethiopian Airline particulars which was presented as Nigeria’s national carrier.
Sirika explained on a television programme on June 11 that the landing of the aircraft was “a marketing strategy”.
