Maina, monster created by PDP –Presidency
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Presidency in its reaction, has described Maina as one of the monsters created by the People’s Democratic Party (PDP).
In a statement, the Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity Garba Shehu, said the PDP had no moral right to level any accusations against the Buhari’s administration.
“Over and over again, the President Buhari government has pointed out that the administration’s greatest problem is the mess left behind by the previous government. Maina is just one more example,” he said.
Referring to document and records from the investigations that led to the disgrace of the former pension boss and his being declared wanted by the EFCC, Shehu noted that Maina was not only a top member of the former government involved in the multibillion naira pensions scandal, but a man warmly ensconced in the bosom of power.
“Top officials in the PDP government from sectoral heads to those charged with responsibility for law and order received some of these billions of naira from Maina. We have all the transaction records and these are matters that the EFCC has been pursuing to ensure that they all have their day in court.”
Despite records linking the AGF to the memo that facilitated Maina’s reinstatement and posting to the Ministry of Interior, Shehu claimed some influential officials loyal to the previous government may have been the invisible hand in the deal that saw the return of Maina, despite being on the EFCC’s wanted list.
Allegation baseless –Jonathan
But in a swift reaction, former president, Dr. Goodluck Jonathan laughed off Presidency claim that his men were behind the reinstatement of Maina into civil service.
Media adviser to Jonathan, Ikechukwu Eze told Daily Sun that the government’s claim is shocking, especially as the family of Maina has told Nigerians how he found his way back to Nigeria and the civil service.
He challenged the presidency to tell Nigerians how the former PENCOM reform boss moved from an assistant director position he held before he left the country to a director upon his reinstatement by the incumbent administration.
“The presidency is ridiculing itself by trying to shift the blame to Jonathan. It should tell Nigerians how a man who ran away from the country to escape justice was brought back and elevated from assistant director to a director,” Eze said.
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