Soni Daniel



The embattled former chairman of the Pension Reforms Task Team, Faisal Abdulrasheed Maina “has started speaking up on how he spent the N24 billion”, Vanguard can confirm.

A top EFCC official conversant with the matter told Vanguard that Maina had started speaking up on how he spent the N24 billion, which the federal government handed over to him in ten commercial banks to use and pay off millions of its retirees across the world.

But in a twist that rattles the government and those who brought Maina to the top job, the team under him merely embarked on globe-trotting, sharing the cash with top government officials, under the guise of going round the world to verify the biometric of Nigerian workers.

According to documents at the disposal of the EFCC, which Maina signed off as approved expenditures and receipts for overseas and local trips by the Pension Reforms Task Team, no fewer than 200 top federal government officials were captured as ‘beneficiaries’ of travelling allowances for trips they did not embark on.

According to the documents, which the embattled official wants to rely on as his evidence of utilizing the huge cash of N24 billion released in 2011 to his team, a former Inspector General of Police, Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, a Permanent Secretary in the Presidency, a controversial Head of Service of the Federation, Director of Budget of the Federation, two ex-chairmen of the EFCC and ICPC and hordes of officials have been listed along with their bank details and the amount collected by each for phantom biometric trips.

It was learned that Maina was ready to defend the expenditure by calling some or most of the beneficiaries as his witnesses although he has reportedly denied many of the payments and ownership of most of the houses traced to him.

It was learnt that many of the top government officials who are listed as beneficiaries were aware that Maina’s team had been making payments into their accounts even though they did not make the purported trips. It did not also summon the courage to reject and return the millions paid into their accounts by the PRTT.

It was gathered that most of them had since left public service might still be summoned to account for the public funds.

In a similar development, Maina’s son has been reportedly handed over to the Nigeria Police Force to prosecute over illegal possession of firearms and ammunition, Vanguard learnt.

The DSS in its report while transferring father and son to the EFCC last week, accused Faisal of pulling a gun against its operatives and threatening to shoot them.

The service listed items it arrested the father and son with to include: a pistol with live ammunition, bulletproof Range Rover Sports Utility Vehicle, foreign currencies and seven drones.

Vanguard gathered that the police would press charges against junior Maina, who was actually caught with the pistol firearms unless he produces appropriate licenses to operate same in Nigeria.

A source confirmed to Vanguard the 20-year-old student in the American University of Dubai had been transferred to the police, leaving his embattled father alone with EFCC operatives.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/10/maina-has-started-speaking-up-on-how-he-spent-the-n24bn-―source/

He must name names. ...

Table go shake wella

This sager will soon die a natural death

Abeg the NASS should do this nation a favour by legislating the death penalty for corruption of any kind.Will they do it? No they won't because they are all morbidly corrupt.

Just for clarity, you mean firing squad abi?
This 6 months sentence that one administration will just cancel will not work.

Racoon:
Abeg the NASS should do this nation a favour by legislating the death penalty for corruption of any kind.Will they do it? No they won't because they are all morbidly corrupt.

A top EFCC official conversant with the matter told Vanguard that Maina had started speaking up on how he spent the N24 billion, which the federal government handed over to him in ten commercial banks to use and pay off millions of its retirees across the world.

While some have died and on their death beds waiting for their pension..

Sometimes with what you hear, you begin to question if it's the same God that created us all.

Abdurasheed Maina foot the Buhari's re-election bid in 2015 so nothing will happen to him.

Fvck this media confession/ trial , it amounts to nothing at the end

Racoon:
Abeg the NASS should do this nation a favour by legislating the death penalty for corruption of any kind.Will they do it? No they won't because they are all morbidly corrupt.

You are not a real niggarrr


Let me tell you a secret niggarrr
Nigerians don't really hate corruption
They hate the fact that they are not the one carrying out the corruption

STORY

Soulless thief's we have as politicians.

Soulless thiefs we have as politicians.

Lol

This is one of Nigeria's major problem. The billions budgeted and allocated to various sectors of the economy always end up in the pocket of individuals. One person will loot N50b and stash it somewhere.

This is the true definition of NATIONAL CAKE

Wow.. This country is finished wahlahi

Smh

9jatriot:
Just for clarity, you mean firing squad abi? This 6 months sentence that one administration will just cancel will not work.

Let it be so and so be it.

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Vanguard? Let me wait for a serious paper, not that hate mongering rag

Speak on and louder, we the elders are listening

Racoon:
Abdurasheed Maina foot the Buhari's re-election bid in 2015 so nothing will happen to him.

Liar!!!!!

hope abba kyari's name or that of AGF doesnt pop up



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dre11:


According to the documents, which the embattled official wants to rely on as his evidence of utilizing the huge cash of N24 billion released in 2011 to his team, a former Inspector General of Police, Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, a Permanent Secretary in the Presidency, a controversial Head of Service of the Federation, Director of Budget of the Federation, two ex-chairmen of the EFCC and ICPC and hordes of officials have been listed along with their bank details and the amount collected by each for phantom biometric trips.

https://www.vanguardngr.com/2019/10/maina-has-started-speaking-up-on-how-he-spent-the-n24bn-―source/

Everything about Goatluck Jonathan is fraud. The idiot will not die well.

it's alright

Racoon:
Abeg the NASS should do this nation a favour by legislating the death penalty for corruption of any kind.Will they do it? No they won't because they are all morbidly corrupt.

that would be suicide