An anti-corruption advocacy group under the aegies of SecureWorld and Liberty Initiative for Peace (SELIP), has dragged outgoing Aviation Minister, Hadi Sirika, to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), for allegedly using the establishment of the controversial Nigeria Air to perpetrate fraud and commit economic sabotage.
In a petition on Sunday addressed to the Chairman of the EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa, signed by the Executive Director of SELIP, Comrade Mark Adebayo the group said the anti-graft agency should investigate Sirika for “undertaking a venture designed to benefit a few individuals and lead to the eventual collapse of aviation, a critical sector of the Nigerian economy.”
The group said it noted with “dismay the unveiling of an aircraft on Friday in Abuja purportedly belonging to Nigeria Air, despite an existing court order restraining the minister from taking any action regarding the project.”
