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EFCC vows to fight court order restraining it from declaring Maina wanted

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has expressed disappointment over the judgement of an Abuja Federal High Court that retrained the commission from declaring the chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abudulrasheed Maina, wanted.

The presiding judge, Justice Folasade Ogunbanjo gave a perpetual injunction that restraints the EFCC and its affiliates or related bodies from declaring the former pension boss wanted over a pension scam.

In a statement on Tuesday to express its disappointment, the commission said the judgement must not be allowed to stand, hence, it would be appealed.

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The statement reads, “As a commission, we state that such a pronouncement amounts to a clog on the wheels of our operations in execution of our statutory duties.

“The judgment must not be allowed to stand because it is not only a miscarriage of justice but grossly inimical to the culture of corrupt-free society which the Commission is striving so hard to enthrone. We will therefore, appeal the judgement.

“We further wish to state that we will not relent to do all that is required within the ambit of the law in our avowed commitment to bring every Nigerian with ill-gotten wealth to justice.”

Maina had in a suit filed in September 2018 asked the court to decide if the Commission had the lawful rights to declare him wanted.

He was declared wanted by the commission in 2017 after refusing to honour the invitation extended to him.

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