The Presidency yesterday, cleared CAN President, Ayo Oritsejafor over his involvement in the controversial $9.3m arms deal in South Africa.
The Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to President Goodluck, Doyin Okupe, told newsmen in Abuja that Oritsejafor has nothing to do with the matter and that people are just trying to bring him down.
According to him:
"Oritsejafor has no business in the matter. It is true that he owns the aircraft but there are over 200 Nigerians who owns jets. Apart from those who use it frequently, some give it out to get some money and defray some of the costs. If you put your jet down, you pay money and parking charges."
"He gave the private jer to a company to manage. The company is handling it and these people gave out the plane that is available. What has this got to do with Oritsejafor? If i have many cars and decided to give one to car hire service and they decided to carry somebody with Indian Hemp, you will link it up with the man who gave it out?
Excuse me, this is ridiculous."
He also refuted the claims that the matter backfired because the Government did not make the deal public before embarking on it.
The Senior Special Assistant on Public Affairs to President Goodluck, Doyin Okupe, told newsmen in Abuja that Oritsejafor has nothing to do with the matter and that people are just trying to bring him down.
According to him:
"Oritsejafor has no business in the matter. It is true that he owns the aircraft but there are over 200 Nigerians who owns jets. Apart from those who use it frequently, some give it out to get some money and defray some of the costs. If you put your jet down, you pay money and parking charges."
"He gave the private jer to a company to manage. The company is handling it and these people gave out the plane that is available. What has this got to do with Oritsejafor? If i have many cars and decided to give one to car hire service and they decided to carry somebody with Indian Hemp, you will link it up with the man who gave it out?
Excuse me, this is ridiculous."
He also refuted the claims that the matter backfired because the Government did not make the deal public before embarking on it.
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