Cosmas Maduka’s Plateau Claim Revives Questions Over the Stella Oduah BMW Deal

Cosmas Maduka’s reported claim that he withdrew from a Plateau vehicle deal after being asked to double an invoice has revived questions about the 2013 armoured-BMW transaction involving the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority and Coscharis Motors. At the National Assembly hearing on the BMW deal, Maduka reportedly said the aviation agency rejected Coscharis’ initial price and asked for it to be increased. The vehicles were said to have been acquired for the Lagos 2012 National Sports Festival before being sold to the NCAA. The transaction later drew scrutiny over pricing, procurement, delivery and the use of a customs waiver. Maduka’s more recent allegation against an unnamed former Plateau governor has not been independently verified. However, it raises a fair question about consistency: if an instruction to inflate an invoice should make a supplier walk away, why did Coscharis proceed with the NCAA transaction after the alleged request for a higher price? This does not prove ethnic bias or wrongdoing by any individual. The key issue is whether the two transactions were materially different, and whether the same ethical standard was applied in both cases. Nigerians deserve a clear explanation of the pricing, waiver and procurement questions surrounding the BMW deal.

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