A lawyer to Abdulrasheed Maina, who is the former Chairman of the defunct Presidential Task Team on Pension Reform, Sani Kantu has debunked insinuations that his client is on the run from the law.
According to The Punch, the lawyer made this known in a telephone interview on Wednesday.
He reportedly said that his client could not be on the run since he instituted a case at the Federal High Court to challenge the legality of the existence of Nigeria’s anti-graft body, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
“He is not on the run. How can he be on the run when we are challenging the legality of the existence of the EFCC?” Kantu queried, adding that it was the House of Representatives that declared the former civil servant wanted.
Maina is currently battling EFCC which has accused him of mishandling pension funds running into billions of naira and purchasing choice properties with the proceeds.