The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday revoked the bail
granted Faisal Maina, the son of Abdulrasheed Maina, and ordered his arrest for
jumping bail in his trial on money laundering charges.
Justice Okon Abang also ordered that his trial on money
laundering charges would proceed in absentia pending when the security agencies
would be able to arrest and produce him in court.
The judge also summoned his surety, a member of the House of
Representatives, Sani Umar Dangaladima, representing the Kaura-Namoda Federal
Constituency of Zamfara State, to appear in court to show cause why he should
not forfeit the N60m bail bond which he signed for Faisal.
The order for Faisal’s arrest came barely six days after the
same court, on November 18, issued a similar order against his father,
Abdulrasheed Maina, a former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Task
Team, who is facing separate N2.1bn money laundering charges before the court.
On Monday, Justice Okon Abang, sent Maina’s surety, Senator
Ali Ndume, to jail for his inability to produce the fleeing defendant in court.
Earlier on Tuesday, following the judge’s November 18
ruling, Maina’s trial held in his absence with three prosecution witnesses
testifying behind him and his legal team.
At the resumed hearing of Faisal’s trial on Tuesday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s prosecution counsel, Mohammed Abubakar, said both the defendant and his surety had not attended court since June 24, 2020.
Neither Faisal, his surety, nor his lawyer was present at
the Tuesday’s proceedings.
Abubakar, therefore, applied the revocation of his bail and
his arrest citing section 184 of the Administraton of Criminal Justice Act.
The prosecution also applied for the court to order his
trial in absentia as provided by 352(4) of ACJA.
“My third application is for the issuance of summons on the
surety, and for him to show cause why he should not forfeit the bail bond,”
Abubakar added.
The judge granted the prayers and adjourned till Wednesday.
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