The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday said it had secured an order of the Federal
Capital Territory (FCT) 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 investigation against them.
A statement by the anti-graft’s
Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, said the order was to keep
the suspects for two weeks.
The statement reads in part, “The
order, which was given on October 7, 2019, following an ex parte application by
the anti-graft agency, empowers the commission to remand the defendants in its
custody for an initial period of 14 days.
“The court, however, noted that
the order is ‘subject to be reviewed, if necessary’.
“Maina and his son were arrested
at an Abuja Hotel by the Department of State Services, following a request by
the commission.
“They were subsequently handed to
the EFCC for further investigation and prosecution on allegations of fraud and
money laundering.”
Also, for pulling a gun on
security agents who came to arrest his father, Faisal has been handed over to
the police for investigation.
Recall that the
20-year-old tried to prevent his father from being arrested at Pennsylvania
Avenue Hotel, Utako, Abuja, last week.
But while Faisal has a date with
the police, his father yesterday underwent “marathon interrogation” at the EFCC
The ex-pension boss is expected
to justify how he came about 40 assets and thousands of transactions in banks
linked with him.
Detectives had earlier discovered
that Maina actually used the Bank Verification Number (BVN) of his relations,
including sisters, to open some fictitious accounts.
There are indications that all
his accounts might be frozen by the EFCC.
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