Anti-Graft Agency Recalls Maina’s 2021 Conviction, 61-Year Sentence Over ₦2bn Fraud Case

By Newsworld

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina, wanted over an alleged case of receiving stolen property.

The anti-graft agency announced the development on Wednesday in a wanted notice identifying Maina as a 61-year-old indigene of Biu, Borno State. The commission urged members of the public with useful information about his whereabouts to report to its offices nationwide, the nearest police station or other security agencies.

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According to the EFCC, members of the public can provide information through its offices in Ibadan, Uyo, Sokoto, Maiduguri, Benin, Makurdi, Kaduna, Ilorin, Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Gombe, Port Harcourt and Abuja.

Maina, who headed the now-defunct Pension Reform Task Team, has previously been prosecuted by the EFCC over allegations involving pension funds and money laundering.

The commission recalled that Maina was convicted in November 2021 on a 12-count charge involving approximately ₦2 billion. The charges were linked to money laundering, fictitious bank accounts and fraud.

Following the conviction, Maina was sentenced to a cumulative 61 years’ imprisonment, with the terms to run concurrently. The court also ordered him to refund ₦1 billion to the Federal Government.

The latest wanted notice comes amid the EFCC’s continued efforts to track individuals wanted in connection with alleged financial crimes. However, the commission’s notice specifically identifies the alleged offence prompting the latest declaration as receiving stolen property.