DSS arrests Maina’s son after returning to Nigeria, hands him over to EFCC

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested Faisal, son of Abdulrasheed Maina, the former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, and handed him over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The arrest came after credible intelligence indicated that Faisal had secretly returned to Nigeria. Faisal had been on the run since 2020 following his conviction by the Federal High Court in Abuja on money laundering charges in October 2021, where he was sentenced to 14 years in prison.

The trial judge found that Faisal operated a fictitious bank account with United Bank for Africa through which his father allegedly laundered N58.1m. The Court of Appeal upheld the conviction in November 2022, reducing the sentence to seven years.

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