The immediate past President Goodluck Jonathan
has described as “absurd” attempts by the current administration to link him to
the scandalous return to the country and reinstatement into a senior position
in public service of Abdulrasheed Maina.
According to Jonathan, the fact
that efforts were being made to connect him to the scandal underscored how
“uncoordinated and rudderless” the Buhari administration has become.
Spokesperson to the former
President, Ikechukwu Eze said this on Wednesday night.
“Are they saying it is President
Jonathan that flew him back into Nigeria and promoted him in two levels ahead
of where he was as at 2013 when he fled the from civil service?” he told
Premium Times.
He added, “They should stop
insulting Nigerians or seeing them as fools.
Maina, who was declared wanted by
the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on allegations of courting
billions in public funds for his own use when he headed the Pension Reform Task
Force, was mysteriously recalled to the workforce during the weekend.
The pension funds scandal broke
out during the last administration of Jonathan and the government took
disciplinary steps against Maina by dismissing him from service.
Maina was an assistant director
at the time of his dismissal.
The presidency, in a statement by
Garba Shehu Wednesday night, said top officials of the Jonathan administration
benefitted from the funds Mr. Maina allegedly stole from pension funds.
Jonathan’s spokesperson said the
Buhari administration officials should waste little time in bringing out any
evidence of connivance between Jonathan and Maina if they have it.
He added, “There’s no need to
warn that they will bring evidence out or that everything will be revealed on a
later date.
“They should present the evidence
to Nigerians now.
“The Maina family spoke about how
he returned to the country and they made it very clear that Buhari officials
were the ones that orchestrated his return.”
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