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The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, convicted and sentenced the son of former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, Faisal, to 14 years imprisonment.

The Court, in judgement that was delivered by trial Justice Okon Abang, found Faisal guilty on a three-count money laundering charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against him.

It held that the anti-graft agency successfully established that Faisal, operated a fictitious bank account with the United Bank for Africa, UBA, through which his father, Maina, laundered the sum of N58.1million.

The court noted that the said fund which was deposited into the account that was operated in the name of Alhaji Faisal Farm 2, was sequentially withdrawn by the Defendant and his father, between October 2013 and June 2019.

Justice Abang said he was satisfied that the EFCC proved all the essential ingredients of the charge, stressing that the Defendant reasonably ought to have known that inflows into the bank account formed proceeds of an unlawful act of corruption by his father.

While the court sentenced the Defendant to 5 years in count 1 and 3 of the charge, he was sentenced to 14 years on count 2 of the charge.

The court held that the charge would run concurrently, starting from Thursday.

The court ordered that the 21-year-old Faisal, who had since June 24, 2020, failed to appear for his trial, should be arrested anywhere he is found in Nigeria and remanded in any Correctional Service Center to serve his jail term immediately.

It further held that in the event that the Defendant traced to anywhere outside the country, the Federal Government, “shall legally or lawfully commence extradition proceeds to bring him into the country to serve the jail term”.

The court ordered that the company through which the fund was laundered, Alhaji Faisal Farm 2, be wound up, with funds in it forfeited to the government.

It will be recalled that the court had on November 24, 2020, issued a bench warrant for security agencies to arrest Faisal wherever he is found, shortly after his bail was revoked.

EFCC closed its case against him after it called three witnesses that testified in the matter.

It alleged that Maina’s son had sometimes between 2013 and 2019, received the sum of N58.11million, being proceeds of a corrupt act by his father.

He was also accused of failing to properly declare his assets before the EFCC.

Faisal had reportedly pulled a gun to challenge operatives of the Department of State Service, DSS that arrested his father at a hotel in Abuja on September 30, 2019.

The EFCC had ealier told the court that it got intelligence report that Faisal had escaped to the United States of America.

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Na wa ooo

Hmm ... Was he sentenced in absentia ?

What of Maina himself?

Na wa o

Most Nigerians from Top to Bottom are guilty of financial misappropriation. The system is too porous &corrupt and encourages financial impunity.

Na only de dog wey dem see shit for him mouth de chop shit.

That conviction was fast o
That is so unusual of the Nigerian justice system

Kingrefreshed:
Because the boy is not even around in the first place. He ran away!

No wonder. 9ja my country

yemmight:
What of Maina himself?

The govt should do n sentence peter Obi n the 12 year old olosho daughter he is using to plunder Anambra state fund.

This one papa don offend the ruling party

Gbamsolutely..

Lemme use this opportunity to say what has been bothering me

Someone, org., entity, colleagues etc should pls call Dave Umahi to order cause he is seriously creating a condition for anarchy in Ebonyi state

His recent actions and utterances could trigger a similar thing or more of what is happening in Imo if not curbed

Well meaning individuals should act fast pls

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E don dey happen

As if he will actually serve the jail term

Yeah. He will pay off the prison officials and they will get an innocent man implicated and sentenced to stand in his lieu while he walks away free.

He failed to do the needful
That was why he got hooked

Settle you no gree settle

Good for him.

See the money involved, just for one family.

Baba oshi...

They made sure he escaped before sentencing him

The story has not ended as they omitted the "or option of fine" aspect.

What of Maina himself ?


He was caught with arm too. He nearly shot
the EFCC officers according to report then.
21 y/o sentenced in absential

14years is too Small

I hope he will actually do the time

Buhari put this one papa for mind...