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By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, declined to allow the son of former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team, Abulrasheed Maina, Faisal, to re-open his defence to the money laundering charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against him. The court, in a chamber ruling that was delivered by trial Justice Okon Abang, held that the application the Defendant filed to recall all the witnesses the EFCC brought to testify against him, lacked merit. Justice Abang accordingly dismissed the application, even as he fixed May 1...

Share The Federal High Court, Abuja on Thursday dismissed the bail application brought before it by the former chairman of the defunct Presidential Pension Reform Taskforce Team, Abulrasheed Maina for lacking in merit. Maina, who is being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is standing trial for alleged fraud and money laundering to a tune of N2 billion. While ruling on the bail application, Justice Abang held that Maina who fled the country after he was granted the first bail could no longer be trusted for bail relief. The Judge described Maina, who was rearrest...

Vanguard News Court fixes Feb 25 to rule on Maina’s fresh bail request On By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA–The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Friday, slated February 25 to rule on fresh application the former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team, Abulrasheed Maina, who is facing money laundering charge, filed to be released on bail pending the conclusion of his trial. Maina, who earlier fled to Niger Republic after he was released on bail by the court, based his fresh application on health ground. He told the court that his health condition worsened at the Kuje Correctional ...

Translate Home » News » Money Laundering: Maina’s son, Faisal escaped to US through Niger Republic, EFCC tells Court Money Laundering: Maina’s son, Faisal escaped to US through Niger Republic, EFCC tells Court On …As surety forfeits property worth N60m bail bond to FG By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, yesterday told the Federal High Court in Abuja that Faisal Maina, who is facing trial for money laundering, has escaped to the United States of America. 21-year-old Faisal is the son of former chairman of the defunct Pension Re...

Like every other segment of the society, the justice sector faced an unprecedented challenge in 2020 with the advent of the novel coronavirus pandemic. In this edition of Law and Human Rights, we, examine some events and cases that formed talking points for the judiciary in 2020.