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EFCC seals building under construction owned by fugitive Maina
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has sealed a building under-construction linked to fleeing former chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina.
The commission disclosed this in a tweet on its twitter handle.
The tweet read, “The #EFCC … sealed a building under construction located at 5 Sokoto Road, adjacent Zamfara State Govs Lodge in Kaduna, traced to Abdulrasheed Maina, ex-chairman, Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, who is wanted for diverting pension funds.”
Since the dismissal of Maina after his return to Nigeria and controversial reinstatement into the Federal Civil Service was uncovered, the EFCC has sealed seven of his property in Kaduna State alone.
However, the anti-graft agency, which has been ordered by lawmakers to fish out Maina from wherever he is hiding and prosecute him, has been unable to provide answers to the whereabouts of the fugitive erstwhile pension boss.
Maina was indicted of N2 billion pension fund scam in 2013 and was subsequently declared wanted by the EFCC following his refusal to honour court and Senate summons.
He was however, controversially reinstated but got dismissed again by President Muhammadu Buhari following public outcry.
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yanju omotodun
November 16, 2017 at 8:44 pm
Enough is enough, federal government must fish out Maina, we want to see him punished for his misdeed
JOHNSON PETER
November 17, 2017 at 4:24 am
Federal government won’t oblige, the guy has profile of corrupt politicians who are now in apc government, so any attempt to order his arrest will trigger a lot in the country.
seyi jelili
November 17, 2017 at 5:27 am
Funnily enough, this guy is in Nigeria but we are being deceived he is hiding, what type of hide and seek game is this?
Abeni Adebisi
November 17, 2017 at 9:36 am
How sure are you that he’s in Nigeria? Maina who could smuggle himself back into government without anyone seeing him coming is capable of fleeing Nigeria to any country he wants.
Anita Kingsley
November 17, 2017 at 9:30 am
Only in Nigeria will a criminal own properties without the government knowing. We need God to transform Nigeria for us
Animashaun Ayodeji
November 17, 2017 at 9:31 am
This is because our record keeping system is bad in Nigeria, God has given us all we need to survive, it is left to us as a people to utilize all God has put in our care.
Animashaun Ayodeji
November 17, 2017 at 9:32 am
EFCC should seal all his properties in Nigeria, fugitive, since he has gone into hiding, he needs none of his properties in this country.
Solomon Afolayan
November 17, 2017 at 2:46 pm
I think that’s the best thing to do, if he has anything to defend himself, then he should stop being a fugitive and come out of hiding…
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