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The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the President Goodluck Jonathan to order the sale of the two armored BMW cars reportedly bought with funds from the Aviation Ministry for aviation minister, Stella Oduah.
The group asked that the proceeds from the sale be used to provide compensation to families of victims of recent air accidents as well as use part of the funds to set up a Trust Fund to jump-start genuine reform of the aviation industry".
According to CHANNELS TV, SERAP said that “selling the cars as proceeds of corruption and using the funds to pay compensation to families of victims of persistent air accidents would also have the great additional benefit of reining in endemic corruption in the sector as perpetrators would know that they would not be allowed to profit from their crime".
The group also asked the president “to publicly assure Nigerians that the whistleblower that leaked the information of the two BMW armoured cars bought for Aviation Minister, Ms. Stella Oduah will be fully protected from any harassment, intimidation or persecution by the authorities.”
SERAP also said it would offer “free legal services to ensure full protection and safety of the whistleblower in line with international standards. We appeal to the whistleblower to get in touch with our organization, and assure whoever this may be our full support and confidentiality. The whistleblower should be celebrated and not persecuted".