‘Fugitive’ Maina Arrested In Abuja TheNigerialawyer

Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the Pension
Reform Task Team (PRTT), has been arrested.

According to The Nation^[1], Maina was
arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) at
a hotel in Abuja after he allegedly sneaked into the country from
Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

A source was quoted as saying the DSS might hand him over to the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for trial over his
involvement in a pension fraud.

“Following inter-agency collaboration, intelligence report
indicated that Maina had sneaked into the country from Dubai, ” the
source was quoted to have said.

“He was trailed to an Abuja hotel where he was arrested after
operatives outwitted those who tried to ferry him away in a
bullet-proof vehicle.

“He is currently being quizzed. He is likely to be handed over
to the EFCC for trial. He has a pending case since 2015.”

The federal civil service commission had dismissed Maina in 2013
for absconding from duty following recommendation by the office of
the head of service.

He was accused of being involved in pension fraud running into
over N100 billion. After an investigation by the senate joint
committee on public service establishment, a warrant of arrest was
issued against him.

Subsequently, the police declared him wanted and he went into
hiding.

However, in 2017, he returned to the country under controversial
circumstances and was reinstated as a director in the ministry of
interior.

But President Muhammadu Buhari ordered his dismissal and
demanded a probe into his recall.

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