Alleged Fraud: Maina’s Son, Faisal, Flees to U.S – EFCC Tells court

• Faisal Maina, the son of former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina flees the United States.
• The EFCC’s prosecuting counsel, Mohammed Abubakar, stated this at the Federal High Court in Abuja where the younger Maina is being prosecuted.

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday said Faisal Maina, the son of former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina has fled to the United States (U.S).

EKO HOT BLOG gathered the EFCC’s prosecuting counsel, Mohammed Abubakar, stated this at the Federal High Court in Abuja where the younger Maina is being prosecuted on three counts of money laundering.

Mr. Abubakar said the EFCC got information that Faisal sneaked to the U.S through the Republic of Niger.

According to sources the trial judge, Okon Abang, had ordered Faisal’s surety, Sani Dan-Galadima, who is a member of the House of Representatives to forfeit a property used as a bail bond.

Mr. Dan-Galadima who represents Kaura-Namoda Federal Constituency of Zamfara had entered into an N60million bail bond on behalf of Faisal.

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Mr. Maina himself is also being prosecuted for separate charges of money laundering at the court.

He jumped bail last year but was rearrested in the Niger Republic.

Opposing a fresh bail application filed by Mr. Maina, the EFCC had told the court that Mr. Maina, with multiple citizenships, was trying to obtain a fresh passport with which to flee to the U.S when he was arrested in the Niger Republic