‘Prove Your Innocence In Court, Stop Requesting To See Buhari,’ Lawyer Slams Maina
A Lagos-based human rights lawyer, Jiti Ogunye, has rebuked the embattled former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Mr Abdulrasheed Maina, over his request to see President Muhammadu Buhari.
Ogunye who described Maina as “a fugitive from justice”, urged him to rather present himself before the court and face the charges preferred against him.
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Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise daily yesterday in response to an exclusive interview by Maina in which he insisted that he was innocent of the allegations preferred against him, Ogunye said that Maina’s request to meet with president Buhari is a ‘cock and bull story’ and an attempt to evade the justice system.
He said, “Maina wants to meet with Mr President over what? Do we even respect our court at all? Do we respect our judicial process? Do you know that in this country, Supreme Court justices are being tried in court? Who is he to be saying that he wants to recover money?
“Present yourself, you are a fugitive from justice. Have your day in court, prove your innocence there – that is the law that I know.
“All this talk about I want to see the president – for what? He has seen the Attorney General of the Federation and he told us that he visited Maina to the knowledge of the National Security Adviser of Nigeria,” Ogunye said.
