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Former Chairman of defunct Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina[Photo Credit: Buzz Nigeria]<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/header>\n
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President Buhari\u2019s Special Assistant on Prosecution, Okoi Obono-Obla has said no court has found fugitive federal civil servant, Abdulrasheed Maina, guilty of any offence.<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

Mr. Maina was recently\u00a0reinstated and promoted to a higher position, prompting a national outrage which caused President Buhari to order his immediate dismissal.\u00a0The president on Monday also directed investigation of the circumstances of Mr. Maina\u2019s return to the civil service.<\/p>\n

But an aide to the president does not see the point of the uproar about Mr. Maina. On ChanelsTV he said<\/p>\n

\u201cIf he has not been found guilty of any offence, I do not see why some people are outraged by his purported reabsorption into the federal civil service,\u201d the President\u2019s Special Assistant on Prosecution, Okoi Obono-Obla, said on Monday in an interview on Channels Television, a few hours before Mr. Buhari\u2019s order that Mr. Maina be sacked.<\/p>\n

\u201cIf the EFCC declares me wanted, that does not mean that I have been adjudged guilty,\u201d Mr. Obono-Obla said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt is only a court of competent jurisdiction that can adjudge anybody guilty,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

Mr. Obono-Obla said it was not just enough to say that Mr. Maina committed an offence, but that he must be arraigned and convicted by a court of law.<\/p>\n

While defending President Buhari as having no hand in the reinstatement of Mr. Maina, Mr. Obono-Obla said, \u201cThe President has no hand in the discipline of public servants.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe discipline, promotion, and recruitment of federal public servants is the responsibility of a body created by the Constitution known as the Federal Civil Service Commission.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

\u201cAnd the procedure under the public service rules is that if a civil servant is arraigned before a court over a commission of a criminal offence, the permanent secretary of the ministry that the civil servant is working has to invoke the relevant sections of the federal public service rules, interdict that civil servant and place him on suspension, on half pay, pending the hearing and determination of the criminal charge against that civil servant,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

PREMIUM TIMES, Tuesday, contacted the presidential aide to ask him what his reaction was now that Mr. Buhari has ordered the sack of Mr. Maina.<\/p>\n

\u201cI still stand by my position,\u201d Mr. Obono-Obla said. \u201cHas this man been found guilty by the court of law?<\/p>\n

\u201cIn as much as we are fighting corruption, we must follow due process.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou don\u2019t expect me as a lawyer to begin to castigate a man and condemn him when he has not been convicted by the court of law. I was not trying to absolve him of the allegation against him, I was asking \u2018has this man been convicted?\u201d<\/p>\n

Mr. Obono-Obla said his position did not in any way mean that Mr. Buhari was wrong to have ordered the sack of Mr. Maina.<\/p>\n

\u201cI cannot say that the president is wrong; the president is the chief executive officer. If he has made a pronouncement, then it has to pass through the appropriate organs of government and take off from there.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn any case, the president has said that this matter should be investigated, a query was issued to the Head of Service and all that. We will get there,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Oct 25, 2017 Premium Times Former Chairman of defunct Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina[Photo Credit: Buzz Nigeria] President Buhari\u2019s Special Assistant on Prosecution, Okoi Obono-Obla has said no court has found fugitive federal civil servant, Abdulrasheed Maina, guilty of any offence. 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