Attorney General of the
Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said he had no regrets
meeting with
the fugitive former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on
Pensions, Abdulrasheed Maina, in Dubai.
“If hundreds of Mainas believe
that they have information to offer as far at the protection of the national
interest is concerned, I will meet them and will do so again,” Malami said in
his first public interview in the current edition of The Interview magazine.
After a spell in exile, Maina who
has been accused of stealing N2billion public pension, returned to Nigeria and
was re-absorbed into service.
In the interview, Malami said his
meeting was in pursuit of the national interest. “It boils down to whether I
have indeed acted or I have not acted,” he said.
Malami said President Muhammadu
Buhari came to be aware of his meeting with Maina much later, “out of a desire
to see for his (Buhari’s) directives relating to its application for the
purpose of blocking leakages associated with the looting of pension funds.”
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