Chairman, defunct Pension Reform
Task Team (PRTM), Abdulrasheed Maina, on Thursday, arrived at the Federal High
Court, Abuja, for the continuation of his trial.
Although the embattled former
pensions boss came into Court 6 without a wheelchair, he was supported by two
men as he walked slowly into the court.
Maina who was in court alongside
his son Faisal is charged with 12 counts bordering on money laundering,
operating fictitious bank accounts and fraud.
News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that Justice Okon Abang had, on Nov. 7, fixed today, Nov. 21, for the
continuation of the trial, following an appeal by the Deputy Comptroller
General (DCG), Health and Social Welfare, Nigerian Correctional Service (NCS),
H.B. Kori.
Kori had appealed to the court to
give him a week to respond to the court order on the true health status of
Maina.
Maina, who came into the court on
a wheelchair in the last adjourned date, was, on Oct. 25, arraigned alongside a
firm, Common Input Property and Investment Ltd, by the Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) before Justice Abang.
NAN reports that while Maina is
the 1st defendant in the case, the company was the 2nd defendant.
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