The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured an
order of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Bwari, to detain
former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Mr Abdulrasheed
Maina and his son, Faisal, in its custody pending the conclusion of
ongoing investigation.
The order, which was given on October 7, 2019, following an
exparte application by the anti-graft agency, empowered the
commission to remand the defendants in its custody for an initial
period of 14 days.
The court, however, noted that the order was subject to review
if necessary, the EFCC spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, disclosed in a
statement in Abuja on Wednesday.
Maina and his son were arrested at an Abuja hotel by the
Department of State Services and were subsequently handed to the
EFCC for further investigation and prosecution on allegations of
fraud and money laundering to the tune of N2.1 billion.
Before he was handed over to the commission last Wednesday,
Maina had been evading arrest for over four years.
The former director, Human Resources Department, Ministry of
Interior, had been charged alongside a former head of service,
Steve Oronsaye, Osarenkhoe Afe, Fredrick Hamilton and Global
Services Ltd. before a Federal High Court on 24 counts bordering on
procurement fraud and obtaining by false pretence, in July 2015,
but he absconded from the country.
Our correspondent reported that Maina had been visiting the
country regularly from his base in the United Arab Emirates,
despite being under surveillance and on the watchlists of security
agencies
He had been hibernating in UAE until he met with the
Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice,
Abubakar Malami, in Dubai in 2016, during which he was reportedly
assured of his safety in Nigeria.
Following the assurances, Maina resumed at the Ministry of
Interior where he was promoted as director, Human Resources
Department, without sitting for the mandatory promotion
examination.
Malami had in November 2017, admitted before a Senate ad hoc
panel probing Maina’s reinstatement into the civil service that he
met with the former PRTT boss in Dubai.
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