Ishilove:
What bold, reckless and pompous shamelessness! What dangerous and audacious arrogance!! What a disgraceful indictment of the futility and fraudulence of this government's anti-corruption 'fight'!!!!!

honey001:
Why? This Malami guy should be fired.... he has so much skeleton in his cupboard and he is aware of how Maina was reinstated.....

rottennaija:
This man is nonsense. I don't know why Buhari has not sacked him

rottennaija:
This man is nonsense. I don't know why Buhari has not sacked him

desreek9:
Wait ooo, i just read that Buhari ordered a probe be conducted and malami went to court to stop the probe.

This is very clear to a sane mind that malami is behind everything maina all along

Ishilove:
What bold, reckless and pompous shamelessness! What dangerous and audacious arrogance!! What a disgraceful indictment of the futility and fraudulence of this government's anti-corruption 'fight'!!!!!

desreek9:
Wait ooo, i just read that Buhari ordered a probe be conducted and malami went to court to stop the probe.

This is very clear to a sane mind that malami is behind everything maina all along

gmaribel:
Who is in charge of this country?

Are we on autopilot?

Firstorderwizard:
Which percentile does Maina belong to

Ishilove:
What bold, reckless and pompous shamelessness! What dangerous and audacious arrogance!! What a disgraceful indictment of the futility and fraudulence of this government's anti-corruption 'fight'!!!!!

desreek9:
Wait ooo, i just read that Buhari ordered a probe be conducted and malami went to court to stop the probe.

This is very clear to a sane mind that malami is behind everything maina all along

erunz:
Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, has filed a suit before a federal high court in Abuja, seeking to stop the senate from probing the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina into the civil service.

TheCable understands that the suit has been assigned to Binta Nyako, a judge of the federal high court, Abuja.

Senate’s decision to conduct a forensic investigation instigated Malami’s court action, sources in his ministry told TheCable.

Maina, former chairman of the presidential task force on pension reforms, was recalled and deployed to the ministry of interior under controversial circumstances.

Amid the outcry of the news of his reinstatement, President Muhammadu Buhari ordered his sack and asked Winifred Oyo-Ita, head of the civil service of the federation, to probe the embarrassing situation.

TheCable had published documents which showed the involvement and full knowledge of Oyo-Ita, Malami and Abdulrahman Dambazau, minister of interior, in Maina’s reinstatement.

The federal civil service commission dismissed Maina in 2013 for absconding from duty following a recommendation by the office of the head of service.

He was accused of being involved in pension fraud running into over N100 billion. After an investigation by the senate joint committee on public service and establishment and state and local government administration, a warrant of arrest was issued against him.

Subsequently, the police declared him wanted and he went into hiding. He reportedly fled to the United Arab Emirates (UAE). It was after his long absence from office that he was dismissed.

On October 24, the senate mandated its committees on public service, internal affairs, anti-corruption, establishment and judiciary to probe the circumstances of Maina’s return to the country and the public service.

But Malami has asked the court to determine if the national assembly has the right to probe issues relating to the “employment, attendance at work, disengagement, reinstatement and or promotion of a civil servant”.

According to documents seen by TheCable, the attorney-general is asking the court to among other things declare that: “the employment, attendance at work, disengagement, reinstatement and or promotion of a civil servant are matters outside the exclusive and concurrent legislative lists contained in the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended).

“That the national assembly cannot legitimately regulate the employment, attendance at work, disengagement, reinstatement and or promotion of a civil servant, which are matters exclusively within the purview of the Federal Civil Service Commission under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria1999 (as amended).

“The national assembly lacks the legislative competence to investigate the employment, attendance at work, disengagement, reinstatement and or promotion of a civil servant which are matters exclusively within the purview of the Federal Civil Service Commission under the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria1999 (as amended).

“The power of investigation vested the national assembly by section 88 (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended) is limited and such that can only be exercised within the confines of Section 88 (2) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria 1999 (as amended).

“The plaintiff as the chief law officer and minister of justice of the federation is bound to ensure compliance by the Federal Government of Nigeria and or any of its cognate organs/agencies with the express or implied contents of extant Judgements and Orders of competent courts in Nigeria.

“The defendant cannot constitute itself into a quasi-appellate court, tribunal or panel with a view to reviewing any executive action taken in compliance with the adverse judgment in the said Suit No: FHC/ABJ/CS/65/2013.”

The house of representatives is also probing Maina’s recall.

When he appeared before the panel of the lower legislative chamber in November, Malami denied his involvement in Maina’s recall.

He also accused federal lawmakers of being part of pension fraud.

https://www.thecable.ng/exclusive-malami-asks-court-stop-senate-probe-mainas-recall

enoks:
A minister can only do the bidding of his principal(president) that’s why he is a representative of the principal. The action of malami must have been endorsed by his principal. It is very shameful and foolhardy of this government to engage the judiciary to stop the constitutional duty of the senate. The senate is not employing, promoting, sacking anyone. There are merely trying to unravel circumstances surrounding Mainas reinstatement . This government is indeed an embarrassment.

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Ishilove:
What bold, reckless and pompous shamelessness! What dangerous and audacious arrogance!! What a disgraceful indictment of the futility and fraudulence f this government's anti-corruption 'fight'!!!!!

Ishilove:
What bold, reckless and pompous shamelessness! What dangerous and audacious arrogance!! What a disgraceful indictment of the futility and fraudulence of this government's anti-corruption 'fight'!!!!!

rottennaija:
This man is nonsense. I don't know why Buhari has not sacked him

mabolo:
I now know why Nigeria is at this sorry state we are , look at the foolish comments above,majority of you are dumb, that is why your leaders con you. I don't blame some you, when it comes to legal matter and you are not learned, please don't comment it's not by force and we will not query you for no making a comment. Yes, Buhari ordered a probe of Maina reinstatement, but that does not give the national assembly the right to jump into it. As we have various executive organs of government statutorily vested with the responsibilty to conduct the probe. Our legislators have no right under our laws to conductor a prove on this civil service matter.I notice something about this 8th assembly, they are so power drunk that they keep usurping the job of the executives. Malami will get the judgement because that is the right thing . I don't know about his other faux but this action is good and will preserve our democracy. This current set of unprepared, unserious, power Hungary and power miss users will go one, Nigeria and our democracy will out live them.