They should stop seeing Nigerians as fools - Goodluck Jonathan speaks on Maina’s return

They should stop seeing Nigerians as fools - Goodluck Jonathan speaks on Maina’s return

- Nigeria's former president Goodluck Jonathan speaks on the recent scandal involving Abdulrasheed Maina

- Jonathan said the attempts by the Buhari administration to link him to the scandal is absurd

- The presidency also said the administration of Goodluck Jonathan benefitted from the money stolen from the pension funds

Former president Goodluck Jonathan has described attempts by the present administration to link him to the return to the country and reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina into a senior position in public service as “absurd”, Premium Times reports.

The pension funds scandal broke out during the administration of Jonathan and the government took disciplinary steps against Maina who was an assistant director at the time by dismissing him from service.

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Legit.ng gathered that the former president said the fact that efforts were being made to connect him underscored how “uncoordinated and rudderless” the Buhari administration has become.

Ikechukwu Eze, spokesperson to the former president, on Wednesday night, October 25, said: “Are they saying it is President Jonathan that flew him back into Nigeria and promoted him in two levels ahead of where he was as at 2013 when he fled the from civil service?

“They should stop insulting Nigerians or seeing them as fools.

“There’s no need to warn that they will bring evidence out or that everything will be revealed on a later date. They should present the evidence to Nigerians now.

“The Maina family spoke about how he returned to the country and they made it very clear that Buhari officials were the ones that orchestrated his return."

Meanwhile, the presidency, in a statement by Garba Shehu Wednesday night, said top officials of the Jonathan administration benefitted from the funds Maina allegedly stole from pension funds.

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In a previous report by Legit.ng, the Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday, October 25, gave an ultimatum for the former president to appear before it.

Punch reports that the court also ordered the counsel prosecuting Metuh, Sylvanus Tahir, to persuade the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission to explore administrative means of ensuring that the Department of State Service produced Sambo Dasuki, the detained former national security adviser, in court on October 31.

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Source: Legit.ng

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