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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...

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...

Views: Visits 62 One of the campaign promises of President Muhammadu Buhari was to stage an all-round war against corruption using the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). It is almost six years down the line and to say that genuine efforts have been made in this war, would be akin to a scenario where a basket is being used to fill a bucket. However, the Buhari administration believes otherwise. It is of the opinion that a milestone in the corruption fight was is gradually being reached. The Street Journal shares some of these corruption cases tied with unusual strings of...

Faisal, son of the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, who was declared wanted by the Federal High Court, Abuja, has been arrested by security agents. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), which confirmed the development in the court on Thursday, said the defendant was arrested on Wednesday. Faisal, 21, jumped bail on June 24 and stopped attending trial which had continued in his absence. The EFCC arraigned the young man on a three-count charge of money laundering. Faisal’s arrest came barely one week after his father who also ju...

Faisal who is being prosecuted in a separate three-count money laundering case at the same court had jumped bail and stopped attending trial