ASSETS recovered by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, from pension thieves has been shared among interest groups, the Senate Panel investigating the reinstatement of wanted Chairman of the Presidential Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, revealed today.

This revelation was made by the Chairman of the Committee, Senator Emmanuel Paulker during the Senate plenary.

Paulker told the Senate that the 270 houses and other properties recovered by the EFCC has been shared among interest groups.

These groups, HEADLINE reports, were not mentioned.

Paulker said the 270 houses and other properties recovered from pension thieves were in the custody of the EFCC before it was shared.

He asked the Senate to extend the tentacle of its investigation into the properties recovered by Maina from the pension thieves when he was the chairman of pension task team.

“We should investigate circumstances surrounding sharing of the recovered loot.

“The Committee should be mandated to investigate the matter.”

The Senate granted the prayer of the chairman of the committee to extend the tentacles of the investigation to know the circumstances surrounding the sharing of the recovered loot.

Malami Denies Authoring Maina’s Reinstatement

Meanwhile, the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has distanced himself from the letter that reinstated into the Federal Civil Service the wanted Chairman of the Presidential Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina.

Malami denied this in the presence of panel of the House of Representatives probing the resurface and reinstatement of Maina.

“As at February 21, 2017, the letter giving clear directives of his reinstatement couldn’t have genuinely emanated from my office.”

He equally denied sending any letter to the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation for Maina’s reinstatement.

He explained that the only letter he could recall sending out was dated January 19, 2017 and was meant to bring attention to all that was happening to Maina.