Buhari orders sack of Maina, demands investigation into circumstances of his reinstatement

President Buhari on Monday directed the immediate sack of Abdulrasheed Maina, a fugitive former federal official who went missing for years after being declared wanted by EFCC for corruption, but was recently reinstated to a higher post in the Federal Civil Service.

The president also demanded investigation into the circumstances of Mr. Maina’s return to the civil service, according to a tweet by spokesman Femi Adesina.

The tweet read: “PMB orders immediate disengagement of Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina from service. Asks for a full report on circumstances of his recall.”

Vice-President Yemi Osibajo, seen at the Murtala Muhammed Airport on his way out of the country to Indonesia, reportedly chimed in by ordering the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to ensure that the man is fished out.

The orders arrived after the EFCC declared a manhunt for Mr. Maina following a Premium Times revelation at the weekend that the former chairman of the Presidential Task Team on Pension Reforms had been readmitted into the civil service to head the human resources department of the Interior Ministry.

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Buhari orders sack of Maina, demands investigation into circumstances of his reinstatement