Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ibrahim Magu, has absolved the Commission from any
blame over the return of embattled former Chairman of the Presidential Task
Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina.
Magu spoke
with journalists at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in Abuja, at a meeting
between the African Union delegation and the Permanent Secretary of the
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Amb. Olukunle Bamgbose.
The meeting
was a follow-up to the endorsement of President Muhammadu Buhari by the 29th
Ordinary Session of the African Union Assembly, in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in
July, 2017, as the champion of the Union’s theme for 2018 titled “Winning the
Fight Against Corruption: A Sustainable Path to Africa’s Transformation.”
Magu, who
was asked to comment on how Maina entered the country without the knowledge of
the EFCC, initially said the issue of Maina should be reserved for another
time.
Magu,
however, shifted ground, saying that the best the EFCC could do was to have
declared Maina wanted.
In his
words, “We should reserve that for another time. We have done our best. We have
declared him a wanted person. It is on our website. So, if you happen to come
in… I think you should be reading, you should be reading.”
Asked to
comment on efforts to unravel those behind the reinstatement of Maina into the
Federal Civil Service, particularly, the Ministry of Interior, Magu said he
would speak at the appropriate time.
“No. At the
appropriate time, I would make statement on this issue,” Magu declared.
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