The Federal High Court sitting in
Abuja has adjourned to Wednesday for hearing of the bail variation filed by the
former Chairman of Pension Reform Task Team, Abudlrasheed Maina.
Maina is facing a 12-count charge
of money laundering brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC).
Trial Judge, Justice Okon Abang
had on November 25, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N1bn.
He also ordered that Maina must
produce two sureties who must be serving senators.
Justice Abang held that the two
sureties, who must be prepared for a N500m bond each, must always be in court
with the defendant at each adjourned date.
On Monday, an EFCC operative,
Mohammed Goji, revealed how Maina’s son, Faisal, withdrew N58 million from a
United Bank for Africa (UBA) account.
The Principal Detective
Superintendent with the anti-graft agency is the second prosecution witness
(PW2) in the ongoing trial of Faisal.
Goji, a member of the EFCC team
that investigated Maina, said the total amount withdrawn by Faisal from the UBA
account with account name: Alhaji Abdullahi Faisal Farm 2 and number:
1018636805, was N58,101,585.02k.
Prosecution Witness, Mairo
Bashir, had told the court that Maina was the signatory to the bank account
documents allegedly opened in his son’s name.
Bashir also admitted that the
account of the Common Input Investment Company allegedly owned by Maina may
have been operated by Maina’s sister.
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