Buhari did not invite Maina- Presidency

The senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, Mr Garba Shehu has described as ‘freshly-minted falsehood’ the claim by the family of former chairman of Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Mr AbdulRasheed Maina that President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration invited him back into the country.

The spokesman of the family, Aliyu Maina, had during a press conference in Kaduna on Wednesday, claimed that Maina was invited by Buhari administration and was convinced to join the “change agenda” of the current government.

He said, “Abdulrasheed was in fact invited by this administration and he was promised security to come and clean up the mess and generate more revenue to government by blocking leakages. He succumbed to the present administration and came back to Nigeria. He has been working with the DSS for quite some time and he was given necessary security.”

But Garba Shehu in a one-paragraph statement, urged the public to ignore the family.

He said, “The claim that the Buhari administration invited the wanted Abdulrasheed Maina back into country is a freshly minted falsehood. Nobody should believe that.

“The family that made that claim simply wanted to be ridiculous. Please ignore them.