President Buhari’s Senior
Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, who was Channels
Television’s guest on Politics Today show, talked the controversial
reinstatement of former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension
Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina.
However he was quick to
point out that Maina’s scandal was inherited.
He said;
“No, no, no. Please, don’t
stick this on President Muhammadu Buhari. As we said in that statement (on
Maina’s reinstatement), this is a mess we inherited; the Maina Saga – the
bribery and the sharing. N24 billion (was what) he took over on the day he took
that office.
When he left, (there was) one million naira left. So, it happened
under the watch of the previous administration and that is why we said,
morally, they have no right to accuse us. What is the Buhari government doing?
The President has got all the reports, he is going to take a decision, but this
issue is a big one. It’s expanding and we welcome investigation by anyone – the
Senate, the House of Representatives’.
He also said;
‘In fact, the Interpol just
put Maina on their wanted list now. A fresh warrant has been issued for his
re-arrest. And all of the cases – you know there are a number of ongoing cases
in the country which he would have been a part of. Now he is back home, he is
going to have his day in court. People just sat down and were receiving cash
from that man, knowing full well that it was the police pension that he was
sharing. People who ought to investigate him who ought to send him to trial,
beneficiaries of that heist. In the coming days, the President will decide and
all of these things will come out’.
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