The Chairman of the Presidential
Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof. Itse Sagay (SAN), has urged the
Federal Government and the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFFC), to
take seriously the issue of wanted ex-chairman of the defunct Presidential Task
Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina, who has returned to Nigeria.
Maina was dismissed in 2013 by the
Federal Civil Service Commission, following a recommendation by the Office of
the Head of Service.
He was accused of massive pension
fraud scheme amounting to more than N100billion.
It emerged recently that Maina
has returned to Nigeria, now works with the government and has been promoted.
“This man was accused of
embezzling billions of naira meant for pensioners who had spent all their lives
serving this country. One man took the money they should rely on in their
declining years, subjecting them to misery and hopelessness.
“This is a moral and criminal
issue. So, to hear that the man is in the country and somebody employed him
means he is not the only criminal in the system. It means there is an
accessory.
“Whoever was involved in
employing him and then giving him promotion is an accessory after the fact to
the crimes committed by this man if it is established that he is culpable. I
don’t see why he escaped if he was not guilty.
“The EFCC should not just say
they are aware; they should take action. The EFCC should now arrest him,
interrogate him and if they can establish a case, prosecute him. They should
also investigate all those involved in the reabsorbing and promotion of this man.
“If it established that they
brought him back into the civil service despite knowledge of the man’s alleged
crimes, they are also accessories after the fact and should also be arrested
and prosecuted,” Sagay said.
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