Press Release
Jeffery Archer, the British Author in his
classical novel, Honour Among Thieves, postulated that “criminals do not
compromise the actions of other criminals."
2. It is in the light of this that the Peoples Democratic Party
(PDP), wishes to state that we are not too shocked at the steps taken by the
Administration of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in reinstating a supposed
criminal and fugitive, Abdulrasheed Maina to office instead of getting him
arrested.
*Abdulrasheed Maina |
3. Birds of a feather flocks together.
4. All people of good conscience will not forget in a hurry that
Maina, who was given an assignment by the Last Administration of the PDP to
superintend the now defunct Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, dipped
his hands into the Jar and helped himself to N100 billion of what he was
supposed to safeguard.
5. With good conscience at fighting corruption, the PDP Government
then, mandated the Anti-corruption Agencies to perform their constitutional
duty. Maina fled, only to resurface in the Country four months ago under the
Buhari Administration.
6. As a Party of good conscience, we wish to condemn in strongest
terms, the penchant of the Administration of President Buhari to giving safe
haven to known criminals while hoodwinking Nigerians that it's fighting
corruption.
7. While we are growing fatigued shouting ourselves hoarse in
protest against nepotism, a clear form of corruption under this administration
which has been elevated to state craft, we are appalled that the reinforcement
of financial corruption by this government might soon lead to the demise of
this Nation if the Celestial does not intervene.
8. We are worried that the APC Administration seem to have grown
thick skins to constructive criticism; otherwise, no sane government, in spite
of the open condemnation the Party has received from Nigerians over its
shielding of criminals, will repeat another one as done in the case of Maina.
9. The PDP wish Nigerians can demand from the APC Government, the
Civil Service Rule it relied upon in promoting a wanted criminal who had
abandoned his duty post as an Assistant Director, to the position of a Director
with all benefits attached.
10. We wish the APC Government will tell Nigerians where and when,
and under which Court Jurisdiction Maina was cleared of his criminal
allegations of stealing, warranting his restoration to duty and getting
rewarded with double promotion.
11. It is reported that the Fugitive has been rewarded with payment
of bogus salary arrears amounting to N22 million, which he has reportedly
collected upon approval and release by the Accountant General of the
Federation.
12. We dare the Government of the Day to deny this with verifiable
evidences.
13. We are shocked and sad as well that the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) with its viable network under the Administration of
the PDP has suddenly lost steam to the Point that it wasn't aware of the
Entrance of a high class wanted criminal into the Country until the Media
exposed it.
14. Nigerians can see that the APC Administration has taken the fire
out of our security agencies like the Police, the Department of State Services
(DSS) and the likes.
15. How else can one explain why it took the Media to expose the
Arrival and Promotion of Maina by the Government before the Agencies became
aware of his presence in the Country. We smell complicity...!
16. Nigerians will not forget in a hurry that the President Buhari
Administration has severally shown it's commitments to protecting financial
criminals who are willing to play ball and are known to be ardent supporters of
the Ruling Party.
17. It is on record that Ahmed Gambo Saleh as Registrar of the
Supreme Court, was accused of stealing N2.2bn belonging to the Supreme Court
and was caught red handed.
18. Same Ahmed Gambo Saleh was initially arraigned but the Case was
almost immediately withdrawn and he was made Secretary of the NJC.
19. Unexplainably, same Ahmed Gambo Saleh is now also the Secretary
of the Committee monitoring corruption trials.
20. Nigerians have not forgotten in a hurry how the so called
corruption fighting Government of President Buhari refused to allow the Law
take its course in the graft allegations involving suspended Secretary to the
Government of the Federation (SGF) Babachir Lawal and the Director-General of the
Nigeria Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayo Oke.
21. The Government seem to have also buried without shame, the
Expose by the Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Ibe Kachikwu on the
Illegal Award of Contracts running to over $25 Billion by the Group Managing
Director (GMD) of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) who has
told the World that he has the Support of President Buhari in carrying out the
heist.
22. Though we know that the APC is like a dead horse immune to any
positive prompting; we however, will not do, but ask that the right thing be
done.
24. The President should understand that this is a moral and
criminal issue and should be so treated.
25. We therefore, demand the immediate arrest and prosecution of
Maina for his atrocities, arrest and prosecution of those who helped him return
to the Country and got restored to his duty post with promotion added.
26. We also demand the Immediate sack of the Minister of Internal
Affairs, Abdulrahman Danbazzau, Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister
of Justice, Abubakar Malami who have been fingered in the Illegal Act of
restoring Maina to office against good conscience.
Long live the PDP! Long live Nigeria !!
Prince Dayo
Adeyeye
National Publicity Secretary
National Publicity Secretary
October 23, 2017.
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