Buhari’s Govt Reinstated Maina Due to His “Sterling Records” -Family Member

Posted by African Examiner Featured, Latest Headlines, News Thursday, October 26th, 2017

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(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – The family of Abdulrasheed Maina, former Pensions boss has defended their son saying he was reinstated by the Buhari administration because of his (Maina) sterling records at the Pension board.

Insisting that Maina is not a fraudster, spokesperson of the family, Aliyu Maina accused a cabal in Buhari’s government of being behind the travails of the ex-Pension boss.

His words:

“It is on record that Abdulrasheed Maina’s reform put to a stop the fraudulent withdrawal of huge sums from both the Nigerian Pension Board, the Nigerian Police Pension Board, etc. Perhaps it is his noble efforts that made him enviable to the present administration when they came into power to convince him to come back and assist in its ‘CHANGE’ agenda.

“Abdulrasheed was in fact invited by this administration and he was promised security to come and clean up the mess and generate more revenue to government by blocking leakages.

“He succumbed to the present administration and came back to Nigeria. He has been working with the DSS for quite some time and he was given necessary security.

“There is a letter from the attorney-general of the federation where he gave his own legal opinion regarding the court verdict which was submitted to the Civil Service Commission and the head of service respectively. So, one wonders why all the agencies and various individuals responsible for his return are now denying.”

“As you know Abdulrasheed Maina had been a target of in the past, so experience is the best teacher. But when his security is guaranteed, he will surface from wherever he is and tell Nigerians the truth.

“All the same, we have contacted our solicitors, Messrs Mamman Nasir & Co and instructed them to act appropriately.

“We equally know that Abdulrasheed Maina is in possession of some facts that are against the cabal and interesting to the Nigerian populace, which he will disclose soonest. One must ask whether it is an offence for somebody to serve his fatherland.”

Recall that on Monday following publication of news reports that the erstwhile fugitive pension boss Abdullahi Abdulrasheed Maina has been reabsorbed into the civil service, President Buhari ordered his sack and demanded a full report of the circumstances of his recall and posting to the Ministry of Interior.

African Examiner gathered that the report has since been submitted to the president but he has kept a sealed lip over the matter.

Sources say powerful cabals in the government are likely behind the back door reinstatement of the former pension boss into the civil service as Deputy Director in the Ministry of Internal Affairs.