Senators panic over $7,000 estacode

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...towards a better life for the people VOL. 25: NO. 61682

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TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2012

AVIATION ROAD SHOW SAGA:

Senators panic over $7,000 estacode

BY EMMANUEL AZIKEN, POLITICAL EDITOR & HENRY UMORU

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•Lafiagi, Umar deny knowledge of Aviation minister's invitation

•Senator struggles to return money

AGOS—MEM BERS of the Senate Committee on Aviation, yesterday, distanced themselves from the Aviation Road Show organized by the Ministry of Aviation after one of the senators(name withheld) had allegedly collected $7,000 estacode for the controversial trip. The senator who collected the money was

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