He insisted that he was innocent of the N2.1 billion alleged fraud. Maina, who spoke through his lawyer, Sani Katu, insisted that he did not steal N2.1 billion from the pension fund as alleged but that the Federal Government owed him a large sum of money. The former PRTT boss, therefore, challenged the anti-graft agency to an open panel of investigation where he would reveal the unknown to Nigerians. Our attention cannot be diverted away from about N4 trillion to a mere N2.1 billion, which is less of all the recoveries. “Let’s meet at an open panel of investigation if the EFCC is truly straightforward.

Source: The Guardian November 21, 2017 04:41 UTC