Omo, e don scatter ground as Abdulrasheed Maina dem dey vex for government wey no wan pay am wetin dem agree! Na for Abuja, dis wahala come dey unfold as Maina collect award from Nigerian Bar Association, but him gree talk wetin dey happen for inside him mind.
Maina no be small player for dis whistleblower game; him claim say he help recover public funds wey dey totalling $1.3 trillion! E even get assets wey dey worth another $88 billion—we no fit ignore dis kind money oh! But how far? E talk say dem sign agreement wey gree make him collect 5% of wetin dem recover, wey mean say na $65 billion suppose land for him pocket. But dem just dey form mumu, no one don pay him since!
As he dey receive di Rule of Law and Courage Award, di guy no fit hide him vex. Him talk say, “This no be celebration, na testimony of how wey law fit strong pass power.” E still talk say na 2017, dem call am come meet big men for Abu Dhabi, including di Attorney-General wey be Abubakar Malami. Dem instead of paying him, come dey find way to share the fee, but Maina no gree.
Wetin follow next? Na wahala! Dem start to dey threaten him family. “I dey ask simple questions, like where all di properties wey dem recover dey? Wetin Nigeria don gain? But instead of answer, na threats I dey collect,” e add.
Omo, e no end there. Maina talk say dem attack him son too! “My pikin car wey e dey drive receive 57 bullets when dem shoot am. E manage survive, but dem no allow am rest; dem still detain am and give am beating,” e talk, no be small matter for pikin wey de just 19 years!
Maina no just dey ask for pity, him dey demand for accountability. “How dem dey use di $1.3 trillion? Where di 227 properties dey? Who dey manage dem? No be wetin we sign una suppose honor?” E don file petitions, and him ready to allow independent body check di records.
Despite all di wahala, Maina still dey maintain say he no ever sign any account wey relate to pension funds. “All di banks dey available, and you fit go ask dem. I don give NBA my petition and di banks’ signatures,” him explain.
Chai! Dis matter no easy oh. Maina don even talk say di government wey dey now right to dey pursue accountability for wetin don happen before. “Dis recovery wey I sabi go fit do pass wetin dem see now. Dem go need to do better if dem wan see wetin really dey happen for di funds.”
As NBA Garki Branch Chairman, Anthony Ojo dey present di award to Maina, he praise am for persisting in public service and for di courage wey him show. Na serious matter wey we suppose follow, wey reveal wetin dey happen under di surface!
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