After 6 years on the run, court sends Maina's son Faisal to prison for 7 years
The court said the sentence will run concurrently after his re-arrest, following a conviction over money laundering and false asset disclosure.
- On Thursday, the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered Faisal Maina to a correctional centre to serve his seven-year prison sentence following an application filed by the EFCC.
- The conviction stems from Maina's 2021 money laundering case involving a fictitious United Bank for Africa account dubbed "Alhaji Faisal Farm 2," which his father, Abdulrasheed Maina, used to launder funds.
- In November 2022, the Appeal Court upheld the conviction but reduced the prison terms to seven years, ruling the trial court should not have imposed maximum penalties on a first-time offender.
- Operatives from the Department of State Services arrested Maina on October 14 in the Karsana area of Abuja after he evaded authorities for years following his initial 2021 conviction.
- Maina's seven-year sentence runs concurrently from his October 14 re-arrest date, while his father, the former Pension Reform Taskforce Team chairman, has already completed his separate prison term.
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Money Laundering: Court sends Maina's son to prison to begin seven-year term
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — Following his rearrest by security operatives after he was convicted in absentia, the Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday remanded Faisal, son of the jailed former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, in prison. The court, in a ruling delivered by Justice James Omotosho, […]
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After 6 years on the run, court sends Maina's son Faisal to prison for 7 years
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered that Faisal Maina, son of former pension boss Abdulrasheed Maina, be taken to a correctional centre to serve his seven-year jail term.Justice James Omotosho gave the order after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, filed an ex parte motion moved by its lawyer, M.K. Hussain.Faisal was re-arrested by the Department of State Services, DSS, on October 14 and handed over to the EFCC after he …
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A Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered Faisal Abdulrasheed Maina, son of former Pension Reform Task Team chairman Abdulrasheed Maina, to be taken to a correctional centre to serve his prison sentence following his re-arrest, six years after he fled trial. Advertisement Justice James Omotosho issued the order on Thursday after granting an ex …
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