The Family members of the embattled former chairman of Presidential Task
Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina, has said that President
Muhammadu Buhari-led administartion and the All Progressive Congress, APC,
begged the former pension boss to join the change agenda, with the
assurance of security protection.
The family disclosed this during a press conference in Kaduna on Wednesday
They added that their son is not a fraudster but a messiah who brought
reforms into the pension scheme.
The spokesman of the family, Aliyu Maina said based on his “sterling
record” at the scheme, the government of President Muhammadu Buhari
appealed to Maina to key into the “change agenda”.
Aliyu wondered why government officials were denying his brother,
especially when the Department of State Services (DSS) provided security
for him.
“It is on record that Abdulrasheed Maina’s reform put to a stop the
fraudulent withdrawal of huge sums from both the Nigerian Pension Board,
the Nigerian Police Pension Board, etc. Perhaps it is his noble efforts
that made him enviable to the present administration when they came into
power to convince him to come back and assist in its ‘CHANGE’ agenda,” he
said.
“Abdulrasheed was in fact invited by this administration and he was
promised security to come and clean up the mess and generate more revenue
to government by blocking leakages.
“He succumbed to the present administration and came back to Nigeria. He
has been working with the DSS for quite some time and he was given
necessary security.
“There is a letter from the attorney-general of the federation where he
gave his own legal opinion regarding the court verdict which was submitted
to the Civil Service Commission and the head of service respectively. So,
one wonders why all the agencies and various individuals responsible for
his return are now denying.”