The reinstatement of the wanted fugitive and former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reform, Abdulrasheed Maina was masterminded by the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami and Minister of Interior, Abdulrahman Dambazau, according to document’s related to the case.
While Malami was the arrowhead that masterminded the recall of the thieving Pencom boss, Dambazau, contrary to his earlier claims was in the know and an active participant in the recall process.
According to PT, the move to reinstate Maina started on April 27, when Malami wrote the Federal Civil Service Commission, FCSC, requesting it to “give consequential effect to the judgement that voided the warrant of arrest issued against A.A. Maina which formed the basis for the query and his eventual dismissal,” Mustapha Sulaiman, the chairman of the FCSC said.
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In other words, according to Mr. Sulaiman, the attorney general in his letter with reference HAGF/FCSC/2017/VOL.1/3 requested Mr. Maina’s reinstatement based on a supposed court order voiding his arrest warrant.
Following Mr. Malami’s letter, the FCSC held a meeting on June 14 where it “deliberated on the Attorney General of the Federation’s letter and requested the Office of the Civil Service of the Federal vide letter FC.4029/82/VOL.III/160 of 21st June 2017 to advise the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Interior to consider the AGF’s letter, the Officer’s case and make appropriate recommendations to the commission,” Mr. Sulaiman’s letter to Mr. Maina and the Head of Service on September 18 reads.
At a meeting held on June 22, the Senior Staff Committee of the Interior Ministry headed by Mr. Dambazau deliberated on the letter and recommended that Mr. Maina be reinstated to his former position as deputy director, at the Interior Ministry.
Therefore, contrary to Mr. Dambazau’s claim that it was the Head of Service and the FCSC that recommended Mr. Maina’s reinstatement, it was actually his ministry under his supervision that made the recommendation following Mr. Malami’s letter.
Sources also said the Head of Service, Winifred Oyo-Ita, resisted the move to reinstate Mr. Maina but eventually caved in to pressure.
“That is why you will never see a memo where she wrote recommending or supporting the recall; because she never did,” a source said.
Mrs. Oyo-Ita also made that stance publicly when she said in a statement on Monday that “the reinstatement and posting” of Mr. Maina “never emanated” from her office.
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However, while the reinstatement did not emanate from her office, it is Mrs. Oyo-Ita’s office which forwarded the decision of the Interior Ministry to the FCSC in a letter dated August 14 with reference number HCSF/LU/COR/FCSC/749/III/135.
Two days after the Head of Service forwarded the letter, the FCSC met to arrive at a conclusion, Mr. Sulaiman wrote.
“The FCSC at its meeting held on Wednesday 16th August 2017 considered the letter” from the AGF and the recommendation of the Interior Ministry.
“The FCSC, thereafter, approved the reinstatement of the officer into the service with effect from 21st February 2017 (being the date he was earlier dismissed from service).”
To further reward Mr. Maina, “the FCSC also approved for the officer to sit for the next promotion examination to the Post of Director (Administration), SGL.17.”
With additional report from PT