Senator representing Kogi west, Dino Melaye, says President Muhammadu Buhari is surrounded by “cankerworms and caterpillars”.
Melaye made the comment on Tuesday during Senate plenary.
The senator was contributing to a debate on the reinstatement of Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the presidential task force team on pension reforms, into the federal civil service.
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This comes after reports of Maina’s reengagement into the Federal Civil Service sparked a lot of controversy.
Melaye slammed the Attorney-General of the federation, and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, for his reported role in Maina’s recall.
The senator who described the move as “pathetic” and said the AGF has been abusing his office.
Mr. Maina is on the wanted list of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged N2 billion pension fraud.
“It is pathetic. I want to ask this question to the executive; should we continue in sin and ask grace to abound? Time after time, the AGF and minister of justice has abuse dthis office. We are not talking about Maina,” he said.
“We should talk about the integrity of the AGF and minister of justice. If the law officer has his hands stained then the entire nation is one a stained.
“Mr President is a good man and he means well but he is surrounded by cankerworms and caterpillars. We should have the audacity to take strong decisions. Nigerians would understand why the office of AGF and minister of justice is separated. We must recommend to the president that the AGF has displayed gross incompetence for the office it is occupying.”
Moving the motion earlier, Misau said the issue is an embarrassment to the Buhari administration.
Following the development, the senate mandated its committees on public service, internal affairs, anti-corruption, establishment and judiciary to probe the circumstances of Maina’s return to service.