The federal government of Nigeria
on Wednesday insisted that the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has no moral
right to level any accusations against President Muhammadu Buhari’s
administration over Abdulrasheed Maina.
In a statement released to the
media on Wednesday, Garba Shehu, Senior Special Assistant to the President on
Media and Publicity (SSA Media), described Maina as one of the monsters created
by the former PDP government, and who were still rearing their ugly heads long
after the Party was soundly defeated in the 2015 elections.
“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.
“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,” he added.
Malam Shehu hinted that some
influential officials loyal to the previous government may have been the
invisible hand in the latest scandal that saw the return of Maina to the public
service, despite being on the EFCC’s wanted list.
He, however, assured Nigerians
that President Buhari was determined to get to the bottom of the matter of the
impunity that led to Maina’s reinstatement.
“Everything will be uncovered in
due course,” he said.
“This just goes to show us the
scale of corruption that this government is fighting. And, as we can all see,
corruption keeps fighting back viciously,” he added.
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