{"id":59956,"date":"2017-10-22T19:32:07","date_gmt":"2017-10-22T18:32:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=59956"},"modified":"2017-10-22T19:32:07","modified_gmt":"2017-10-22T18:32:07","slug":"efcc-launches-manhunt-recalled-fugitive-director-maina","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/efcc-launches-manhunt-recalled-fugitive-director-maina\/","title":{"rendered":"EFCC launches manhunt for recalled fugitive director Maina"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has launched a fresh manhunt for the former head of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Maina was sacked from the civil service in 2013 and was in 2015 placed on the wanted list of International Police (INTERPOL) by the EFCC.<\/p>\n<p>PREMIUM TIMES\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtimesng.com\/news\/headlines\/246791-shocking-buhari-administration-recalls-wanted-ex-pension-boss-sacked-alleged-corruption.html\">on Friday reported<\/a>how Mr. Maina was secretly reinstated to the civil service, with promotion, despite being wanted for alleged corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Additional details obtained by this newspaper show that the embattled civil servant was issued a letter of reinstatement dated October 2 by the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation.<\/p>\n<p>The Minister of Interior, Abdurahman Dambazau,\u00a0<a style=\"font-style: inherit;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.premiumtimesng.com\/news\/headlines\/246882-reinstated-fugitive-ex-pension-chief-maina-nigerian-govt.html\">earlier on Sunday<\/a>\u00a0absolved himself of any culpability in Mr. Maina\u2019s reinstatement, saying it was done by the Head of Service.<\/p>\n<p>The October 2 letter claimed that Mr. Maina\u2019s case was reviewed and that a decision was taken that he be reinstated.<\/p>\n<p>The same letter also gave his new posting as acting director of the Department of Human Resources at the Ministry of Interior.<\/p>\n<p>PREMIUM TIMES learnt that the reinstatement was at the behest of the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami, who gave a favourable legal advice on the case.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Malami\u2019s spokesperson, Salihu Othman, however said he was unaware of his boss\u2019s role in the deal.<\/p>\n<p>Irked by the news of Mr. Maina\u2019s silent re-entry into the country, the EFCC leadership convened an emergency meeting on Sunday to strategize on the case.<\/p>\n<p>A source, who was part of the meeting, said the commission\u2019s boss, Ibrahim Magu, who was out of Abuja when PREMIUM TIMES broke the Maina story, convened a meeting of operatives working on the case.<\/p>\n<p>As part of the fallouts of the meeting, according to our source, operatives were detailed \u201cto smoke out Mr. Maina wherever he mmight be\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Maina is said to be shuttling between Kaduna and Abuja since his entry into the country.<\/p>\n<p>Aside the Ministry of Interior, Mr. Maina\u2019s new work place, detectives are said to have spread around the city, including a safe house that is said to have been offered Mr. Maina by one of the nation\u2019s security agencies.<\/p>\n<p>Also being closely watched by operatives are Mr. Maina\u2019s many houses in Abuja including one EFCC sources said he bought in June 2015 for a massive $2 million cash.<\/p>\n<p>Corroborating our source, EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, told PREMIUM TIMES Mr. Maina \u201cis still a fugitive. We are after him\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The EFCC is also said to be piqued at how someone that was put on the wanted list of the International Police sneaked back to the country without any trace.<\/p>\n<p>The commission suspects sabotage, according to a highly place official.<\/p>\n<p>Documents seen by our reporter show the many correspondences between the EFCC and the Interpol on the request to put Mr. Maina\u2019s name on wanted list.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-style: inherit;\">The commission first wrote the Inspector General of Police in November 2015 few days after Mr. Magu\u2019s ascension asking for Mr. Maina\u2019s name to be flagged by Interpol.<\/p>\n<p>However, the letter was declared missing by the office of the Commissioner Interpol at the Force Headquarters, making the commission to produce the request again.<\/p>\n<p>On January 12, 2016, the Interpol wrote to the EFCC again requesting for additional details to enable the red alert. 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