Maina, who was dismissed from service in 2013 following a recommendation by the Office of the Head of Service of the Federation, was recalled last year and deployed to the Ministry of Interior under controversial circumstances. His reinstatement was purportedly based on a memo from the office of the AGF.
The AGF was in court to challenge the powers of the National Assembly to investigate circumstances that led to Maina’s recall, four years after he was dismissed by the Federal Civil Service Commission for absconding from duty.
Meanwhile, in the heat of the situation and leakage of several memos that traced Maina’s recall to the office of the AGF, Malami insisted that he acted in the national interest.
Determined to get to the root of the saga, however, both the Senate and the House of Representatives constituted different panels to investigate the matter.
In a bid to stop the process, the AGF filed the ex-parte motion that was declined by the court, yesterday. Meantime, instead of granting the ex-parte order to halt a further investigation into the matter, Justice Binta Nyako who heard the application in chambers, yesterday, ordered the AGF to go and put the National Assembly on notice.
Justice Nyako further directed that all the court processes be served on the National Assembly to enable it to appear before the court to show cause why the orders sought by the AGF should not be granted
The matter was adjourned until January 15.
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