The head of communications for
President Muhammadu Buhari’s reelection organization, Festus Keyamo, has said
he would use the controversial reinstatement and dismissal of Abdulrasheed
Maina, former chairman of the Presidential Task Team on Pension Reforms ito
campaign for the president in 2019.
Mr Keyamo, who said this in the
current edition of The Interview Magazine, added that Buhari deserves some
accolades for Maina saga, saying “Maina saga is a credit to president Buhari”
“Where are all those people now?
Are they in office? Deziani, of all story of sleaze, did she not remain in
office till the end?” he asked, taking a jab at ex-president Goodluck Jonathan
under whom petroleum minister, Allison Madueke served. The former minister is
currently facing corruption charges.
“People should not make silly
comments in the public. The Head of Service, the Attorney general of the
Federation, including the Minister of Internal affairs, they all appeared
before the National Assembly.
“They told us in graphic terms,
how these memos were raised. And these memos moved from one office to the
other. All of these memos from HoS to SGF, minister to AGF, all of these, was
there one to the chief of staff to the president? We should not be pessimistic
or cynical for nothing. All of these memos that moved up and down, was there
one to the president before the HoS was queried?” Mr Keyamo asked.
“…When there were reports that
Maina had been recalled, it took the president less than 24hrs to order his
sack. So, what is the criticisms; that the moment it became clear, it took less
than 24hrs to sack him? So, I will not want to dance to the tune of the
opposition that will keep repeating a sing song hundred times and make people
believe the sing song.
“Maina cannot, by any stretch of imagination,
be a point of criticism to the president. For me, the Maina saga is credit to
the president. The Maina saga, I will use it to campaign. You will use it to
criticise but I will use it to campaign. That is because the man reacted to
issue of corruption and back-door handling of an issue when it came to his
knowledge,” Mr Keyamo said.
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