About 24 hours after information leaked that President Muhammadu
Buhari was in the know about the questionable
reinstatement of a dismissed pension fraud suspect into the
civil service, the presidency has refused to speak on the matter.
The allegations that Mr. Buhari was briefed of the scheme to
surreptitiously recall Abdulrasheed Maina, a
fugitive from justice, were raised in an internal memo by the Head
of Civil Service, Winifred Oyo-Ita — signalling an escalation in the scandal
and its growing impact on the president’s avowed ‘war on corruption.’
“I sought an audience with His Excellency, Mr. President on
Wednesday, October 11, 2017, after the FEC meeting where I briefed His
Excellency verbally on the wide-ranging implications of the reinstatement of
Mr. A. A. Maina, especially the damaging impact on the anti-corruption stance
of this administration,” Mrs. Oyo-Ita said in the memo to Mr. Buhari’s Chief of
Staff, Abba Kyari.
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