Nigeria’s Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, has reacted to an exclusive PREMIUM TIMES story on how the federal government reinstated a sacked civil servant despite a pending corruption trial.


This newspaper on Friday reported how controversial chairman of the defunct Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina, was secretly recalled to the service and promoted to head a directorate in the Interior ministry.


Mr. Maina was in 2013 declared wanted by the Nigeria’s anticorruption agency, Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.


Checks by PREMIUM TIMES show that Mr. Maina is still on the commission’s wanted list.


“Dark complexioned Maina is allegedly complicit in the over N 2 billion Pensions Biometric Scam in the office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation. He remains at large, after charges were filed against his accomplices,” the EFCC stated on its website.


Mr. Dambazau, in a statement by his press secretary, Ehisienmen Osaigbovo, confirmed that Mr. Maina is now in charge of the Human Resources Department of the ministry.


The minister however denied responsibility for Mr. Maina’s recall to the service.


The statement explained that Mr. Maina “was posted few days ago to the Ministry of Interior by the Office of the Head of Service on an Acting capacity to fill a vacancy created following the retirement of the Director heading the Human Resources Department in the Ministry”.


The minister blamed Mr. Maina’s recall on the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation and the Federal Civil Service Commission.


He said the two bodies are responsible for “issues relating to Discipline, Employment, Re-engagement, Posting, Promotion and Retirements of Federal Civil Servants.”
The statement did not say if Mr. Dambazau was aware Mr. Maina is still a fugitive wanted by the EFCC.


“It is understood that Maina’s last posting was with the Ministry of Interior, and that is probably why he was re-posted back to the Ministry,” the statement added.


Trouble started in 2012 when Mr. Maina was accused of leading a massive pension fraud scheme amounting to more than N100 billion. Mr. Maina, was drafted by the Goodluck Jonathan administration in 2010 to sanitize a corrupt pension system.


Based on the allegation of corruption, Mr. Maina was invited by the Senate Joint Committee on Public Service and Establishment and State and Local Government Administration.


The Senate after completion of its investigation issued a Warrant of Arrest against Mr. Maina.


Ignoring the panel, Mr. Maina went ahead to sue the Senate and the then Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, and thereafter went into hiding after being declared wanted by the police.


Consequent upon this, Mr. Maina was dismissed by the Head of Service for allegedly absconding from duty and attempting to evade arrest and charged to court.


He was on July 21, 2015 charged by the EFCC alongside Stephen Oronsaye and two others before a Federal High Court on a 24-count charge bordering on procurement fraud and obtaining by false pretence.


While Mr. Oronsaye and the two other accused were in court and pleaded not guilty to the charge, Mr. Maina was at large.


Mr. Maina is said to have spent these past years in the United Arab Emirates, from where he kept lobbying to win pleasure of the Buhari administration.


https://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/headlines/246882-reinstated-fugitive-ex-pension-chief-maina-nigerian-govt.html

Maina has joined the "League of Extraordinary Thieving Saints"... LETS

PMB has finally killed corruption in Nigeria. Kudos...

No need to explain. In 2019 we'll treat all your mess ups

Just imagine how Buhari and his cohorts continue to disgrace themselves everyday.
So if you mean the presidency doesn't know anything about his promotion and redeployment, then truly truly Buhari is a dunce and unfit to rule a country like Nigeria.

Where is the proof that he is waging a war against corruption for God sake,eehn!

This government is worse than the previous administration in all ramifications.

You all will rot in hell!

If this is true, I can only say one thing.


The current HOS and Minister of Interior Dambazau are inglorious bastards.

The minister of Justice is in office to frustrate the anti-corruption fight.

He was appointed by the president who has had many instances of this lack of uprightness in Malami, hence the president is himself responsible for frustrating his own agenda. The race for who wins most corrupt and useless Attorney General is between Michael Aondoakaa and Malami.

In the end, there is corruption, but no fight.


Buhari regime has sacked itself. It is finished!

We accepted this 'change' to become Scammed. It is coming out in full glare that Korruption is fully endorsed in this government ooo

Maina is from the North. Anyone complaining should dust his voters card and wait for 2019. As for PMB, I'm neither surprised nor disappointed. I have never believed and will never believe in your anti-corruption facade. It's all balderdash.

Passing the buck as usual. Someone must have given the directive for the man to be reinstated.
Suddenly efcc is mute to a wanted man staring at then under broad day light.

Baba-go-slow is fighting political enemies in the name of fighting corruption.
Unfortunately,we have so many print and electronic media organization who used to give breaking news of corruption during ex president Jonathan administration.Why have they become obsolete?So without premium times we wont be having exclusive and breaking news?

Jonathan was a learner, buhari is even more corrupt than Abacha.
CHRONICLE OF INTEGRITY Muhammadu Buhari started his anti corruption crusade with $2.1bn Dasukigate, Sambo Dasuki was arrested, Raymond Dokpesi, Fani Kayode, Musuliu Obanikoro, Olisa Metuh, and Reuben Abati were also arrested in connection with Dasukigate. While the government was busy wanking and masturbating with the gale of arrests and media frenzy that trailed the episodic drama, Dasuki opened up that Buhari also benefited from the $2.1bn arms fund, Dasuki reveled that he bought 2 bulletproof SUVs for Buhari from the money, he also gave him $300,000 from the same money. But Buhari denied collecting any money from Dasuki, he said he only got 2 bulletproof SUVs form him as his entitlement being a former head of state. Muhammadu Buhari forgot that former heads of state entitlements have never come from the office of the NSA before but office of the SGF, they said those accusing Buhari are the corrupt people fighting back. And that was how Dasukigate died a natural death. The allegation of MTN N500m bribery scandal involving Buhari's Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari popped up. Tukur Buratai's multi million dollars Dubai mansions were uncovered. Abdurrahman Dambazau arms procurement fraud was reveled. Rotimi Amaechi's several attempts to bribe Supreme Court justices to give APC favorable election judgment were exposed. Kayode Fayemi's corruption allegation also came up, but Buhari shamelessly told the whole world that all the corruption allegation leveled against people in his government are false because he checked them before appointing them. Then the Senate exposed how the then SGF, Lawal Babachir used N270m to cut grass in IDP camps, Buhari's government cleared him of any wrong doing, the government also cleared Ibrahim Magu of the weighty corruption allegations leveled against him, in fact, Muhammadu Buhari officially wrote the Senate that both men are clean. Then when Ikoyi orphaned money once again exposed how corrupt this government is, he suspended Babachir that he cleared twice of the same allegation. Up till this moment the report of the probe panel is not known to the public. A witness told the court that Buhari's lawyer who was representing him in the certificate suit gave the presiding judge, Justice Adeniyi Ademola N500,000 at the period the case was still on but they said it wasn't a bribe but a gift. Just recently one of Buhari's ministers, Ibe Kachikwu tactically exposed the biggest single corruption case in the history of this country, a whooping $25bn fraud in a government of saints? If Buhari that is the petroleum minister can approve contracts worth $25bn without due process and transparency, then why are we still talking about anti graft war under this government? There is a whole lot of looting massively going on in this government but the only corrupt people they know are Jonathan's men
Rmemba d tribalistic Buhari went against CBN price policy 2subsidize price of dollar4 Muslims Goin 2mecca but refused to do same 4 Christians on pilgrimage 2 Jerusalem. An adage says "a man who eats a coconut whole must have faith in his anus'
posterity guide us.
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The ethnic cleansing continues.

Zombies how far?Jubrim is making Jonathan a saint every day.Expect conflicting statements very soon like they did in the case of $25b.

WHY WILL VOTED BUHARI OUT IN 2019

[/b]"Mr. Maina is said to have spent these past years in the United Arab Emirates, from where he kept lobbying to win pleasure of the Buhari administration."[b]
And so a grossly corruption fella eventually found solace an already corrupt government? Well that is not news anyway.So guess all the proponents and zombies of this corruption ridden regime can see the fallacy they ignorantly choose to believe? What does the loquacious presidential spokesmen,Lai Muhammed,Prof.Sagay have to say about this? Anti-corruption war my ass.

I warned Y'all about this govt but you will not heed...Buhari is the founder of endemic corruption and laziness in Nigeria

arabbunkum:
Maina is from the North. Anyone complaining should dust his voters card and wait for 2019. As for PMB, I'm neither surprised nor disappointed. I have never believed and will never believe in your anti-corruption facade. It's all balderdash.

Thank you dear.

Buhari's government is Kwarupt

Bubu is a scam

Maina ran away when they wanted to kill him. On radio programme every morning he was speaking to the public on Abuja Radio. He dazed EFCC and chased sponsored liars from pension office out of studio. He indicted NASS members too. If they have anything against him let them bring them out now and let us see if the guy won't expose them again.

Maina is back. Let the facts come out and not propaganda.

Where is that character called SillyMods..come and work for your pay

olatade:
Maina ran away when they wanted to kill him. On radio programme every morning he was speaking to the public on Abuja Radio. He dazed EFCC and chased sponsored liars from pension office out of studio. He indicted NASS members too. If they have anything against him let them bring them out now and let us see if the guy won't expose them again.

Maina is back. Let the facts come out and not propaganda.

Shame on you

mexxmoney:
Buhari's government is Kwarupt

ask yourself why did the govt in power not vacate the order by a High court restraining the arrest of Maina in 2013? 2 years after leaving power, that order was allowed to hold in perpetuity. Why? Now u speak of corruption.who now is corrupt here

Before refused to see Buhari as a tribal and religious fanatics. But now I have completely changed my mind on this. Everyday he disappoints his supporters.

SalamRushdie:


Shame on you

stop hitting your hands on the keyboard and bring your facts out now or forever remain silent Mr.

I am sure the president wouldn't have known about this.

And now that the issue is in the public domain, the next thing is for the FG to not only sack this Marina, but to also hand him over to EFCC.

Anything short of prosecuting this guy is corruption.

Letslive:
Zombies how far?Jubrim is making Jonathan a saint every day.Expect conflicting statements very soon like they did in the case of $25b.

if you headed a task force, recovered fund and later accused of corruption. You were shot at and rushed to court for protection. Your accuser later found same money you were accused of stealing in TSA account and recanted their allegation. How would you like to be treated thereafter?

How come those who accused him in 2013 are silent now.

hatchy:
Just imagine how Buhari and his cohorts continue to disgrace themselves everyday.
So if you mean the presidency doesn't know anything about his promotion and redeployment, then truly truly Buhari is a dunce and unfit to rule a country like Nigeria.

Where is the proof that he is waging a war against corruption for God sake,eehn!

This government is worse than the previous administration in all ramifications.

You all will rot in hell!

Let Kabiru Gaya committee that accused Maina of corruption but later recanted come out. It was Maina who exposed corruption in pension system. He recovered money and when he touched where the powerful were eating they set him up.

How come with all the noise Maina has no case in court. He has no order preventing him from being charged in absentia. Alhaji Tilde a Director in pension office who was exposed by Maina for stealing billions was only fined N750k. Do these people think we are all fools.

What kind of nonsense is this?

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i remember this Maina of a guy dat dealt with Pension fond, exspecially the paramilitary pension, hmm, i said it before, just decamp to my luvly APC we faught so hard to build, no matter the degree of ur corruption u ll become a saint authmatically. DIEziani Alison Madueke we are still waiting for ur decamp. hmm i WEEP for this country, PDP is %1000,000 times better than APC.

olatade:





ask yourself why did the govt in power not vacate the order by a High court restraining the arrest of Maina in 2013? 2 years after leaving power, that order was allowed to hold in perpetuity. Why? Now u speak of corruption.who now is corrupt here

A man who is wanted by the EFCC for police pension scam, A man who was summoned to the National assembly over the same matter and became a fugitive to justice is smuggled back into service by a supposedly "anti corruption" government and you're here defending rubbish. If the former government did not do what it ought to do, then should Buhari's government reaction be to reward Maina with juicy postings to high ranking positions? Nonsense!!