A Lagos-based human rights
lawyer, Jiti Ogunye, has asked the embattled former chairman of the
Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Mr Abdulrasheed Maina, to present
himself before the court rather than requesting to meet with the President.
Ogunye made this known on
Channels Television’s Sunrise daily yesterday, in response to an exclusive
interview by Maina in which he insisted that he was innocent of the allegations
preferred against him.
According to the Human rights
lawyer, Maina’s request to meet with president Buhari is a ‘cock and bull
story’ and also an attempt to evade the justice system.
“Maina wants to meet with Mr
Presdient over what? Do we even respect our court at all? Do we respect our
judicial process? Do you know that in this country, Supreme Court justices are
being tried in court? Who is he to be saying that he wants to recover money?
“Present yourself, you are a
fugitive from justice. Have your day in court, prove your innocence there –
that is the law that I know.
“All this talk about I want to
see the president – for what? He has seen the Attorney General of the
Federation and he told us that he visited Maina to the knowledge of the
National Security Adviser of Nigeria,” Ogunye said.
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