Abdulrasheed Maina

Former Pension Boss, Maina Sentenced To 61 Years Imprisonment

November 8, 2021 2:17 pm

Former chairman of Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, has been convicted and sentenced by the Federal High Court, Abuja to 61 years imprisonment.

He was convicted for money laundering and stealing ₦2 billion belonging to pensioners.
Justice Okon Abang found Maina money laundering charges.

The court decried that Maina stole N2 billion meant for pensioners and that it is regrettable that many of the pensioners had died because of suffering.

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Maina was convicted on count 2, 6, 9, 3, 7 and 10.

Abang also found Maina guilty …

Court Rejects Abdurasheed Maina’s Bail Request

February 25, 2021 11:50 am

The Federal High Court, Abuja, has refused to grant Abdulrasheed Maina, a former Chairman of defunct Pension Reformed Task Force Team (PRTT) bail.

Recall that the court, on November 18, 2020, revoked Maina’s bail and ordered his arrest after he jumped bail.

The court also granted the EFCC’s request that his trial in the fraud charges is conducted in his absence.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Wednesday, urged the Federal High Court, Abuja not to set aside its order of Nov 18, 2020, against the former Chairman of the defunct PRTT.

Counsel to the EFCC, Mohammed Abubakar, …

Ex-Pension Chairman, Maina Released From Kuje Prison

Search For Maina: FG Reaches Out To Niger Republic, US

November 26, 2020 4:20 pm

The Federal Government has reached out to Niger Republic and the United States of America, in a bid to execute the arrest warrant issued by an Abuja court against a former Chairman of Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, who is believed to have jumped bail.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) revealed this in the counter-affidavit filed against Senator Mohammed Ali Ndume’s bail application filed before a Federal High Court in Abuja.

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Maina is on trial for money laundering.

And the court on November 18, revoked the bail …

Maina: Lawyer Withdraws From Ex-Pension Chairman’s Case

November 25, 2020 11:16 am

Adeola Adedipe, a lawyer, has applied to withdraw his services from the former chairman, Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina’s case of money laundering.

Adedipe, who is representing Maina’s company, Common Input Property and Investment Ltd, told Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday at the resumption of proceedings in the case, that he has filed a notice, signifying his intention to withdraw from further representation of his client.

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According to him, he has not been paid by his client.

The lawyer also apologised to …

Ex-Pension Chairman, Maina Released From Kuje Prison

July 28, 2020 5:24 pm

Abdulrasheed Maina, ex-Chairman, Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), has been released from Kuje Correctional Centre nine months after his detention, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has confirmed.

Maina, who was arraigned before Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Oct. 25, 2019, by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) alongside his son, Faisal, and firm, Common Input Property and Investment Ltd., had been in detention since the period.

However, Maina’s Lawyer, Adeola Adedipe, in a telephone interview with NAN on Tuesday, said the ex-PRTT boss was finally released on Monday evening after completing the …