Faisal Maina, who is the son of the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Taskforce Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, has been arrested.
This came barely one week after Maina who had jumped bail in
his ongoing N2bn money laundering trial at the Federal Court in Abuja was
arrested in the Republic of Niger and brought back to the court.
Faisal who is being prosecuted in a separate three-count
money laundering case at the same court, had jumped bail and stopped attending
trial which had though continued in his absence.
Justice Okon Abang of November 24, 2020, revoked the bail
granted him and ordered his arrest.
The judge also ordered the fleeing defendant’s surety, who
is a member of the House of Representatives representing Kaura-Namoda Federal
Constituency, Umar Dan-Galadima, to appear in court to show cause.
But at the resumed hearing in the case on Thursday, surety’s
lawyer, Mr. M. E. Sheriff, urged the court to suspend the hearing of the
forfeiture proceedings on the grounds that he got information that Faisal had
been arrested.
“My lord, I was reliably informed that the Defendant had
been arrested. He was arrested last night and he is in custody,” the lawyer
said.
The prosecuting counsel, Mr. Faruk Abdullah, confirmed the
development but said the defendant had not been handed over to the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission.
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