The South East Association of Igbo Ladies, SEAIL, have defended Stella Oduah on the report credited to a media source that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, discovered the sum of N2.5bn in an account opened in the name of an unnamed housemaid of Senator Stella Oduah.

The Group in a statement made available to newsmen stated that the Senator Representing Anambra North Senatorial District has no female domestic staff as being reported. The Group also said it believes the purported sources were not staff of EFCC arguing that the EFCC is diligent and only works with factual evidence as against what was being reported.

The statement reads in part: “We would like to state unequivocally that this report is totally false, baseless and has no sense in it.

“In the first place, Sen. Oduah has no female domestic staff. In the second place, what would be the sense in putting such money in a personal account; is it for savings or concealment -either of which makes no sense no matter how big the person is? We are confident to say that the report did not by any imagination arose from EFCC because the EFCC of today we know are diligent and works with facts.

We are convinced that the source of the report must be the handiwork of some mischief makers who have not hidden their determination to bring Sen. oduah down by every means.

“They succeeded in pushing her out of government during the last regime but failed to stop her from winning her election to the senate. Oduah is one of the few senators who after one year in office is still battling with pre election matters in court.

“We are convinced that it is because they have not been able to completely uproot the distinguished senator that they reverted to their usual character assassination strategy.

“It is our wish to use this opportunity to appeal to the persecutors of Senator Oduah to let her be in the name of God after so many traumas. They must remember that Senator Oduah is not a new name in the Nigerian economy.

“We want to state that our only consolation in the regrettable scenario that is playing out now is that Sen. Oduah’s work in government as aviation minister cannot be denied even by her worse enemies. Her work at the airports shall remain the pride of the aviation industry in the next 30yrs.

“As a senator, Oduah has continued to put up an exemplary performance.”