DSS arrests fleeing Maina’s son in Abuja
The DSS has arrested Faisal Maina, son of the ex-pension boss, in Abuja and handed him over to the EFCC after he secretly returned to Nigeria. Read More: https://punchng.com/dss-arrests-fleeing-mainas-son-in-abuja/
The Department of State Services apprehended Faisal, the son of Abdulrasheed Maina, a former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, and transferred him to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Abuja. Intelligence suggested that Faisal had secretly returned to Nigeria. Intelligence sources revealed that DSS agents tracked and apprehended him in Abuja's Karsana area before handing him over to the EFCC.
Faisal had been evading authorities since 2020 after being charged by the EFCC with three counts of money laundering. Maina's son was convicted in October 2021 and sentenced to 14 years in prison for allegedly operating a fraudulent bank account through which his father laundered N58.1 million. However, the Court of Appeal reduced his sentence to seven years in November 2022, noting that the trial court had imposed an excessive penalty on a first-time offender.
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