Fugitive Faisal Maina, son of ex-convict Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), has reportedly been arrested, six years after leaping bail.
TheCable studies that Faisal was arrested by the State Security Service (SSS, also called DSS) and handed him over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
He was reportedly arrested following intelligence indicating that he had secretly returned to Nigeria.
“His arrest followed credible intelligence which indicated that Faisal had secretly returned to the country,” a supply instructed the publication.
According to the paper, SSS operatives tracked and arrested Faisal in the Karsana space of Abuja earlier than transferring him to the EFCC.
Faisal had been on the run since 2020 after he was arraigned by the EFCC on a 3-depend cost bordering on cash laundering. Although he was granted bail, he allegedly breached his bail situations and fled the nation.
Both the media unit of the SSS and the spokesperson for the EFCC haven’t responded to PREMIUM TIMES’ requests for feedback about the matter.
PREMIUM TIMES will present extra updates in subsequent studies.
Background
Faisal’s trial continued in his absence, culminating in his conviction by the Federal High Court in Abuja in October 2021. He was sentenced to 14 years’ imprisonment on cash laundering fees.
The trial choose, Okong Abang, held that the EFCC had established that Faisal operated a fictitious account with United Bank for Africa (UBA), by way of which his father allegedly laundered N58.1 million.
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According to the courtroom, the funds have been deposited into an account operated in the identify of “Alhaji Faisal Farm 2” and subsequently withdrawn by Faisal and his father between October 2013 and June 2019.
In November 2022, the Court of Appeal upheld Faisal’s conviction however diminished his sentence from 14 years to seven years. The appellate courtroom held that the trial courtroom mustn’t have imposed the most sentence on a primary-time offender.
His father, Mr Maina, served an eight-12 months jail sentence at the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja for laundering N2 billion in pension funds.
He was launched earlier this 12 months, however has since been declared wished over an alleged case of receiving stolen property.
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