Maina held political meetings in Kano just last week - Junaid Mohammed

A second republic lawmaker, Junaid
Mohammed, has stated that the former pensions’
boss, Abdulrasheed Maina, held political
meetings in Kano last week
- According to him, political insiders including
President Muhammadu Buhari, knew about the
meeting
- The former lawmaker chided the president for
taking Nigerians for a ride and urged citizens not
to allow the matter to be swept under the carpet
- Mohammed further implied that the DSS and
the internal affairs minister were complicit, as
he stated that the security agencies had been
providing protection for the embattled former
pensions’ boss
Junaid Mohammed, a second republic
lawmaker, has stated that Abdulrasheed
Maina, the former pensions' boss, had been
holding political meetings in Kano and
moving in government circles.
Mohammed made his comments in a
telephone conversation with New Telegraph,
and bashed President Muhammadu Buhari
for taking Nigerians for a ride.
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Coxiblaqblog gathers that the former lawmaker
stated that the presidency could not claim that
Buhari only became aware of the issue
recently; but that the real question was what
did the president know, and when did he
know it.
He stated: “Last week, Maina came to Kano to
the campaign, he has been campaigning it is
an open secret that he wants to be the next
governor of Borno state, he was in Kano to
meet people from Borno in Kano state and he
met with them.
“So are we being told it is now the president is
aware of what has been happening? No. The
question to ask is what did Buhari know and
when did he know it; and any attempt to
sweep this under the carpet must be resisted
by Nigerians. Like I said enough is enough.
“We must not also look at the issue of Maina
in isolation. The issue of Babachir Lawal
which is still in limbo months after forcing the
presidency to suspend him, and the DG NIA;
nothing is happening. Nigeria must begin to
ask questions about what is happening.
“The unfortunate developments taking place in
the country are not new; they have been with
this government, this administration from the
beginning.
“Unfortunately the media, instead of taking
the issue as a matter of principle and report
what is actually at stake, decides to play
games and turn the fundamental issues into a
tribal game.
“When some of us raised the issues from the
beginning of this administration in 2015 that
some criminally minded people with
questionable records where brought into this
government; people who have nothing to offer
the government or the APC party except their
dirty lifestyle and corrupt deeds were brought
in and given top appointments in this
administration.
“Some of us said no, we shouted foul, the
media choose to ignore us and chose to glorify
the regime; now we are seeing the outcome.
“It is clear that the minister of internal
affairs, the DSS as an organization, were
openly complicit in the Maina affair; and they
are still complicit because nobody in
government, those in Abuja can’t tell me they
have not been seeing Maina around.
“He has been around with police and DSS
protection.
“The houses that were supposed to be taken
over by the EFCC were being protected by the
police and the DSS personnel. So who is fooling
who?
“Nigerians are being taken for a ride; and it is
time they tell this government enough is
enough.”
Meanwhile, coxiblaqblog previously reported that
the former chairman of the presidential task
force on pension reform, Maina, has allegedly
escaped to Niamey in the Niger Republic , and
was escorted out of Nigeria by DSS officials.
The family of the embattled former pensions’
boss also claimed that President Buhari's
administration begged him (Maina) to join
the change agenda, with the assurance of
security protection.

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