According to the report, the President is demanding a detailed explanation from the minister concerning the allegation that she arm-twisted an agency under her supervision, the Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA), to come up with the money to purchase the cars
An online website, Premium Times, which reported the story, said the query was issued on Tuesday.
The site quotes sources as saying that in the memo, marked "Restricted", and written on a State House letterhead, Jonathan directed the embattled minister to provide him a detailed report on the procurement of the controversial bullet-proof cars, especially the cost, procurement processes and other issues relating to the transaction that have been raised by the media.
Quoting a presidency source, the report said: "The president is really angry at the disgrace that this shameful episode has brought upon his administration. The president has queried her as a way of following due process. He wants her to state her own side of the story."
The key issues the President wants the minister to explain are the allegations she inflated the cost of the cars while also violating the 2013 Appropriation Act and the Public Procurement Act in the acquisition of the controversial cars.
She also has to convince the president that she did not by her action violate a number of Nigeria's anti corruption laws.
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