- Abdulrasheed Maina, the former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, has been on the run since he was sacked by President Buhari
- The Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) is asking the president to ensure effective prosecution of Maina
- Garshon Benson, the chairman of the party, called Maina a fugitive
The Democratic Peoples Party (DPP) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari ensure the immediate arrest and arrest and prosecution of the alleged runaway former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina.
The DPP’s position was stated by its national chairman, Garshon Benson, when the party held its National Executive Committee (NEC) meeting in Abuja on Thursday, November 2.
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According to Benson, Maina is a fugitive and his case must follow due process.
“Maina can be described as fugitive. If the Head of Service said she doesn’t know anything about his reinstatement and suddenly now they said that there is a court order that the man should be arrested.
“Our view is that our country has not done well, how did it come into the country? What process was he reinstated? These are issues we need to know.
“Maina should be made to face the law. Our law said you are presumed innocent until you are convicted. Government should make efforts to arrest him and properly try him. Let him state his own side of the story.
“If the court says all what everybody is saying now that he did not do it well, but if the court has an overwhelming evidence base on the fact before it then it is better.
"We thank God for the health of President Muhammadu Buhari that he has resumed duty fully.
"Anybody can be sick. We thank God that Buhari has been gotten that grace from God to get over the sickness.
“We want government to consult wisely on the up-coming cabinet shakeup in appointing people.
“Buhari told the world that he is a president for all Nigerians, so we want an all-inclusive government that would draw Nigerian out of the present political situation.
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“More technocrats should be brought into government; we are looking at managing Nigeria resources for Nigerians so that the economy can improve,” Benson said as reported by The Nation.
NAIJ.com earlier reported that the Nigerian presidency was yet to react to the report credited to the Head of Service of the federation, Winifred Oyo-Ita, that she warned Muhammadu Buhari about the implication of reinstating Abdulrasheed Maina.
Maina, the former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), has since being sacked by the president and is currently in hiding.
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Source: Naija.ng