{
  "id": 19658958,
  "title": "Court Commits Faisal Maina to Seven Years Imprisonment",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/12/court-commits-faisal-maina-to-seven-years-imprisonment",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-11-12T13:03:09.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "This Day",
    "slug": "this-day",
    "url": "https://www.thisdaylive.com/2026/11/12/court-commits-faisal-maina-to-seven-years-imprisonment/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Faisal Maina, son of former convict Abdulrasheed Maina, to seven years imprisonment. Faisal was re-arrested by the Department of State Services on October 14 after he failed to attend his trial in 2019. He was arraigned on three counts of money laundering and failure to make full disclosure in an asset declaration form. After pleading guilty, he jumped bail and avoided his trial, leading Justice James Omotosho to proceed with the trial in his absence. In 2021, the court sentenced Faisal to five years for counts 1 and 3, and 14 years for count 2, with all counts running concurrently. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) filed an ex-parte motion seeking to enforce Justice Abang's judgment, and Justice Omotosho granted the motion, ordering Faisal's commitment to the Nigeria Correctional Service to serve the jail sentence imposed by the Federal High Court and Appeal Court judgments.",
  "summary": "The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that Faisal, son of the ex-convict, Abdulrasheed Maina, be committed to a correctional centre to serve his seven-year jail term following his",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}