Tag: Maina
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Maina’s witness accuses EFCC of re-looting 222 recovered assets
A defence witness in the trial of the chairperson of the defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, on Thursday, accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of mismanaging 222 sets of property handed over to it by the PRTT. Reports have it that that Ngozika Ihuoma, a management consultant, owns Crincad &…
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You cannot be trusted with another bail, court rejects Maina’s application
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, told Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Taskforce Team (PRTT), that he can not be trusted with another bail after jumping the first granted him. Delivering ruling, Justice Abang, said Maina had disappointed the court in his conduct. “Having considered the facts placed…
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Court refuses to grant Abdurasheed Maina bail
The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, refused to grant Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed Taskforce Team (PRTT), a bail. Delivering a ruling, Justice Okon Abang, held that Maina’s application for bail lacked merit. Justice Abang said though it was at the court discretion to grant bail, the ex-pension reformed boss did not…
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How Maina perfected plans to elope to U.S. – EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have said that former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, after jumping bail tried to elope to the United States of America where he and his family are citizens. The Anti-graft Commission made this claim in a fresh court document revealing that his intentions when he…
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Maina sick, suffered partial stroke in prison – Lawyer
Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), suffered a partial stroke at the Kuje correctional center where he is being detained, his lawyer, Anayo Adibe, has said. Adibe, who spoke in an interview with a radio station, said his client is in a “very bad shape” and needs adequate medical attention. “I…
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Alleged Money Laundering: Court fixes date for Maina to open defence
The trial of a former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina continued in Abuja on Monday. At the resumed trial, the judge, Justice Okon Abang ordered the embattled former pension boss to open his defence on January 26, 2021. Maina’s lawyer, Anayo Adibe had earlier asked for an adjournment on the…
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DSS detains Osun #EndSARS coordinator, Adebisi
One of the coordinators of the #EndSARS Movement in Osun State, Emmanuel Adebisi, is being held by the Department of State Services for alleged impersonation. Adebisi had on Monday led a group of protesters to Osun State House of Assembly and demanded the disbandment of the panel probing police brutality in the state, saying no…
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[Video] Moment Maina collapses in court during corruption trial
The former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Mr Abdulrasheed Maina on Thursday collapsed in court. The Federal Government is prosecuting Mr Maina on a 12-count charge of fraud and money laundering before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. Mr Maina was recently extradited from the Niger Republic after he jumped…
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Alleged N2bn fraud: I have no case to answer on allegations against me, Maina tells court
Abdulrasheed Maina, former Chairman, Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), on Wednesday, told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that he had no case to answer in the allegations levied against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Maina, who told Justice Okon Abang shortly after the EFCC, through its counsel, Farouk Abdullah, closed its…
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BREAKING: Court orders Maina to remain in prison till end of trial
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ordered the remand of a former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team, Abulrasheed Maina, in prison, till the end of his trial. Justice Okon Abang made the order following an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s prosecution counsel, Mr Mohammed Abubakar. Maina who…