Court Jails Abdulrasheed Maina For Eight Years

• Maina was also found guilty of concealing his true identity as a signatory to accounts opened in two banks…

EKO HOT BLOG reports that a Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Abdulrasheed Maina, the former chairman of the now-defunct Pension Reformed Task Team to eight years imprisonment.

Maina was convicted after he was found guilty of money laundering.

In a judgement delivered on Monday by Justice Okon Abang, the court held that the prosecutor, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has produced essential evidence through witnesses to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Maina is guilty of money laundering in the sum of ₦171,099,000.

Read also: Court Finds Abdulrasheed Maina Guilty Of Money Laundering

Maina was also found guilty of concealing his true identity as a signatory to accounts opened in two banks – UBA and Fidelity bank – by using the identity of his family members without their knowledge.

These accounts had cash deposits of ₦300million, ₦500million, and ₦1.5billion

The court held that Maina stole monies meant for pensioners as he could not prove where he got them from.

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