The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has appealed
to Nigerians to help it arrest “wanted man” Abdulrasheed Maina, who is the
former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force Team on Pension Reforms.
Spokesperson
of the anti-graft agency, Wilson Uwujaren, made the appeal while addressing the
media on Friday. The failure of the EFCC to hunt down the ex-Pension boss more
than a week after he was fired has led many to question the EFCC’s handling of
the matter.
Those unhappy with the EFCC said that although Maina had
been declared wanted by the commission in 2015, it failed to arrest him when he
returned to the country quietly and got reinstated into the civil service;
eluding the commission again after his most recent dismissal.
But
the EFCC spokesperson said the commission had not relented in its quest to
arrest Maina and gave the assurance that it was bent on getting him. “We are on
his trail; we are not relenting. We have opened up channels of communication
and we have linked up with several law enforcement agencies, both internally
and outside the country, to ensure that we get him. Wherever he is, he knows
that he is a wanted man,” Mr Uwujaren said.
To achieve its goal, the commission needs the help of
Nigerians, according to him. “I will also use this opportunity to appeal to
Nigerians; anywhere, anybody that sees him has a responsibility as a citizen of
this country to alert law enforcement,” he said. “You can report to the nearest
police station or any EFCC office that is closest to you. Maina is wanted and
we are not relenting in our efforts to get him.”
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