The Attorney-General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami reportedly told the Senate ad-hoc committee investigating the return and reinstatement of ex-pension boss, Adburasheed Maina how a former President was collecting N5 billion monthly from the pension board.
In his shocking revelations, Malami also told the Senate that Maina was once invited to Presidential Villa by the former President who attempted killing him on departure, adding that the ex-pension boss’ bulletproof car saved him.
The Attorney General is being questioned secretly by the Senate where he revealed that indeed Maina approached him for a meeting when he was in Abu Dhabi.
Malami said he sought security clearance from the Director-General of Department of State Service (DSS) before granting Maina audience adding that he got the nod on the condition that the Minister must attend the meeting along with a witness.
He told the senate committee how Maina exposed a former President who was taking N5 billion monthly from the pension fund during their meeting in Abu Dhabi.
However, former President Goodluck Jonathan has denied ever receiving any money from the controversial Pension Fund.
His adviser, Mr. Ikechukwu Eze dissociated the former President from allegations which accused an ‘Ex-President’ of being paid N5 billion monthly from the Pension Fund.
In debunking the claim, Eze dismissed it as “a blatant lie hurriedly cooked up to divert the attention of the general public from the raging ‘Mainagate’ and other embarrassing scandals.”
“We believe that the story was concocted as part of the unfolding grand design to always dodge responsibility and blame every evil act taking place in the present dispensation on the past Jonathan administration.
“In the first place, we do not believe that Malami made such a claim because he is in a position to know that it is simply not true.”