N2bn fraud: Arrest ex-pension boss now, Sagay, Falana tell Buhari

The Chairman , Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, Prof . Itse Sagay (SAN ), and prominent lawyer , Femi Falana have called on the President Muhammadu Buhari -led administration to arrest immediately the wanted ex -chairman of the defunct Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina, who has returned to Nigeria .
Maina, who fled the country in 2015 after being indicted for allegedly perpetrating fraud to the tune of N2 bn , returned to the country and was posted to the Ministry of Interior based on the recommendation of the Head of Service and was given double promotion.
But on Sunday evening , the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission spokesman, Mr . Wilson Uwujaren , maintained that Maina was still wanted .
When asked if Maina would be arrested by the commission, the EFCC spokesman refused to speak further.
The EFCC on its website , www. efccnigeria. org, retained a picture of Maina, asking members of the public to help fish him out.
The EFCC wrote , “ The public is hereby notified that Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina, former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team , whose photograph appears above, is wanted by the EFCC for offences bordering on procurement fraud and obtaining by false pretences .
“Dark -complexioned Maina is allegedly complicit in the over N 2 bn pensions biometric scam in the office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation. He remains at large after charges were filed against his accomplices.