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Maina: Former pension boss arrested in Niger Republic

Tuesday, December 01, 2020 at 7:34 PM by Wale Akinola

- Abdulrasheed Maina, a former pensions boss is facing money laundering charges

- The former PRTT chairman jumped bail which prompted the court to order the arrest of Senator Ali Ndume who stood surety for him

- According to report, Maina has been finally caught in a town in Niger Republic where he was hiding

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A report by the PRNigeria indicates that the fleeing former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, has been arrested.

Legit.ng gathered that Maina was rounded up on the night of Monday, November 30, by the operatives of intelligence service in a collaboration with men of anti-corruption agency in Nigeria in a town in the Niger Republic.

According to the report, a top intelligence officer said that the arrest was made possible due to an existing mutual relationship and security agreement between the two neighbouring countries.

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Maina: Former pension boss arrested in Niger Republic — A former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina was arrested in Niger Republic. Source: ICiR.
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Maina is facing a 12-count money laundering charge levelled against him and a firm by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

The anti-graft agency alleged that Maina, as chairman of the defunct PRTT, used the account of the firm for money laundering to the tune of about N2 billion, part of which he used to acquire landed properties in Abuja.

In another report, on Friday, November 27, the senator representing Borno South at the Senate, Ali Ndume, was granted bail by the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja.

Justice Abang ordered the lawmaker to produce one surety who must be a resident of Abuja and present evidence of ownership of property anywhere in Abuja.

The senator was arrested over his suretyship for Maina, believed to have jumped bail.

Meanwhile, Legit.ng had previously reported that a Federal High Court in Abuja gave a House of Representatives member, Umar Sani Dan Galadima up till Friday, December 4, to produce Faisal, the son of Abdulrasheed Maina.