The latest has not been heard on
the controversy surrounding the ongoing ‘war’ between the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission and the former Chairman of the Presidential Task
Force on Pension Returns, Abdurasheed Maina.
The embattled ex-PRTT boss
challenged the anti-graft agency to set up at an open panel of investigation
where he would spew out all the unknowns to Nigerians.
In a statement issued on Sunday,
Katu recalled that, “In 2011, Maina stopped the stealing of N300m daily from
police pension. Also, in 2011, he stopped the stealing of N1.04bn monthly from
police pension allocations
“Same 2011, he was able to stop
the yearly stealing of N52.5bn, which has been an annual ritual at the head of
service pension
“It would interest you to know
that between 2011 and 2012 the PRTT under Maina’s leadership recovered cash and
asset worth N1.63trn which had been with the EFCC.
“It would be recalled that some
pensioners petitioned had the National Assembly to ensure that EFCC produce
these recoveries so that Nigerians would know.
“Similarly, between 2016 and June
2017, Maina, released the intelligence and tip-offs that stopped the annual
stealing of N1.3trn. (This has been confirmed by the Attorney General and
Minister of Justice of the Federation).
“Also, between February 2017 to
October 2017, Maina recovered N152bn, N60bn, and other sensitive materials.
These achievements go to further to prove the importance of Maina to this
country. It means the Government acted in public interest by obeying Court
order which brought Maina to office.
“It could be recalled that Maina
was shot at and dismissed by the pension cabal. The 7th Senate asked for his
head, he approached the High Court and got judgement and is now being accused
of stealing N2.1bn which is not even a .000001% of what he is supposed to be
paid by Government. Are we actually fighting corruption or playing cartel
games?” the lawyer queried.
The statement further added, “Now
let’s total what Maina recovered, then apply the whistle blower 5%, and get the
total to be paid to Maina, then subtract N2.1 bn which even though is a
complete fabrication by the EFCC, then pay him the balance of over N159bn.”
Speaking further, the lawyer
added, “Nigerians are not stupid and cannot be deceived. They want to take our
attention away from all these recoveries because they have repeatedly failed to
account for them.
“Our attention cannot be diverted
away from about N4tr to a mere N2.1Bn which is an insignificant percentage the
N2.1bn, which is less of all the recoveries.
“Let’s meet at an open panel of
investigation if the EFCC is truly straightforward. We urge the Government to
appoint an independent panel of investigation and see who will run out of
Nigeria.”
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