FRESH TROUBLES FOR MAINA AS EFCC LAUNCHES MANHUNT
Maina, who few days ago resurfaced back into the country and resumed work in his former place of assignment; the Ministry of Interior as Director in charge of Human Resources under questionable circumstances, is in deep trouble.
The anti corruption Agency, the EFCC, has launched a fresh manhunt for the former head of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms.
It will be recalled that Maina was sacked from the civil service in 2013 and was in 2015 placed on the wanted list of the International Police by the EFCC.
PREMIUM TIMES had on Friday reported how Mr. Maina was secretly reinstated into the civil service, with promotion, despite being wanted for alleged corruption.
Additional details obtained by Premium Times in its report, shows 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.
The Minister of Interior, Abdurahman Dambazau, earlier on Sunday absolved himself of any responsibility in Mr. Maina’s reinstatement, saying it was done by the Head of Service.
The October 2 letter claimed that Mr. Maina’s case was reviewed and decision taken that he be reinstated.
The same letter also revealed his new posting as acting director of the Department of Human Resources at the Ministry of Interior.
It was also 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.
However, spokesperson to the Attorney-General, Salihu Othman, said he was unaware of his boss’s role in the deal.
Obviously irked by the news of Mr. Maina’s silent re-entry into the country, the EFCC leadership convened an emergency meeting on Sunday to strategize on the case.
A source who was part of the meeting said the commission’s boss, Ibrahim Magu, who was out of Abuja when PREMIUM TIMES broke the Maina story convened a meeting of operatives familiar with the case on Sunday.
Operatives of the EFCC have been detailed “to smoke out Mr. Maina wherever he maybe” as a result of the emergency meeting of the operatives familiar with the case.
Sources say Maina is reported to shuttling between Kaduna and Abuja since his silent re-entry into the country.
EFCC detectives have placed their dragnet at the Ministry of Interior, Mr. Maina’s new working place and are said to be spread around the city, including a security safe house that is said to be offered Mr. Maina by an elite security formation.
Also placed under surveillance are Mr. Maina’s many houses in Abuja including one, EFCC sources say he bought in June 2015 at $2 million.
EFCC’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren while corroborating the reports, said Mr. Maina "is still a fugitive. We are after him".
Piqued at how someone that was put on the wanted list of the International Police sneaked back to the country without any trace, the commission suspects sabotage, says a highly place official.
Documents seen by Premium Times reporter, shows the many correspondences between the EFCC and the Interpol on the request to put Mr. Maina’s name on wanted list.
According to the correspondence between the two security agencies, the Commission first wrote the Inspector General of Police in November 2015, few days after Mr. Magu’s ascension, asking for Mr. Maina’s name to be flagged by Interpol.
Additional reports from Premium Times
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