The Head of the Civil Service of the Federation, Mrs Winifred-Oyo-Ita has denied media reports that she approved the re-instatement into the Federal Civil Service of Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina and his subsequent posting to the Ministry of Interior.
According to a statement by Mohammed Manga, Assistant Director (Media Relations) states “Head of the Civil Service of the Federation (HCSF) wishes to inform the public that the re-instatement and posting of Alhaji Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina never emanated from the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.
“Consequently, the purported re-instatement and posting by the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation is totally erroneous and misleading.”
Meanwhile, the Department of State Service, DSS, has also said it has no hand in the recall of Mr. Maina, who has been declared wanted by the EFCC.
A statement by the DSS reads:
“The Department of State Services:(DSS) hereby states categorically that it has no hand in the recall or reinstatement of Mr Abdullahi Abdulrasheed Maina.
“There was no correspondence of any sort between the DSS and the Head of Service with respect to Mr Maina. The DSS is not investigating him nor handling any matter connected to Maina and neither has the DSS ever forwarded any correspondence to Mr President or any arm of government for the recall or reinstatement of Maina.
“The Service is aware that Mr Maina is a civil servant and any disciplinary action as regards Maina’s official conduct will therefore be handled as required by the Civil service rules. So it will therefore be absurd for anybody to imply or insinuate that the DSS has a hand in the recall or reinstatement of Maina.
“Mr Maina had been in the country for quite sometime and it would be absurd for someone who should know to claim ignorance of his being around.”
