MainaGate: Sack All Accomplices Now, PDP Reps Tell Buhari

Hamilton Nwosa
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The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, caucus at the House of Representatives on Sunday advised President Muhammadu Buhari to sack all officials involved in the recall and reinstatement of a former Chairman, Presidential Taskforce on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina.

The PDP lawmakers said the development was an indication that the fight against corruption by the Buhari-led government had weakened.

In a statement in Abuja, signed by the Deputy Minority Leader of the House, Chukwuka Onyema after a meeting, the PDP caucus called for more investigation into the matter.

The statement read partly, “The ‘Mainagate scandal’, where someone being sought by INTERPOL was not only smuggled into power but given double promotion and mind-boggling security protection in a country where many deserving civil servants are being passed over, is truly dumbfounding.

“The shocking re-emergence of the wanted former Chairman, Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina, who was sacked by the PDP government and declared a fugitive, says a lot about the dark undercurrents of the APC government.

“The involvement of part of the Presidency’s cabal in making funds and security details available to Maina, deserves being further investigated, while all those officials implicated should either resign or get sacked now.”

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