Lawal Daura, director-general of
the Department of State Services (DSS), says he advised Abubakar Malami,
minister of justice and attorney-general of the federation, to meet with
Abdulrasheed Maina.
He said this on Thursday when he
appeared before the house of representatives panel investigating Maina, former
chairman of presidential task force on pension reforms.
He said he gave the advice after
Malami sought his opinion on whether or not to hold the meeting.
“The attorney general of the
federation sometime in 2016 or 2015, because it was not through a formal
document, placed a call to me when he was outside the country,” he said.
“He wanted me to advise him
whether to agree to see Maina or not in that foreign country.
“I responded to the attorney
general that he should accept to see Maina but he should not see him alone. He
should see him with a third party which he did.”
Daura also said the DSS provided
security for Maina’s after the former pension boss wrote a letter to the secret
police, claiming that his life is in danger.
He added: “The letter was
scrutinised and fears expressed by Maina were also to a large extent
established.
“Because of the right to life
which is guaranteed by our constitution universally recognised, Maina’s case
was directed to be looked into so as not to allow his life to be in jeopardy.”
He said no agency has written to
the DSS seeking to arrest Maina, and added that the secret police had nothing
to do with his reinstatement.
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