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DONSMITH123:
Give us evidence, ex-pension chief’s lawyer tells EFCC

A banker has told detectives how she ran five accounts used to perpetrate a N2bilion pension fraud in the Office of the Head of the Civil Service of the Federation.

Former Pension Reform Task Team chief Abdulrasheed Maina is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the alleged pension fraud.

The EFCC is probing Maina’s alleged complicity in the operation of the accounts, following the confessions of Fidelity Bank Account Officer Toyin Meseke.

Besides, Meseke is said to have told the EFCC that Maina had been operating a safe deposit box with the bank.

EFCC’s investigators found that withdrawals from the five accounts were usually channelled through some bureaux de change to an account in Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE).

The bureaux de change are JIEK BDC, West Waves and Alnasara.

A document obtained by our correspondent identified the accounts as Cluster Logistics, Nafisatu Aliyu, Abdullahi Faizal, Kangolo and Drew Investment.

Meseke spilled the beans on how the accounts were managed by a suspected pension fraud syndicate.

Meseke said: “I managed Nafisatu Aliyu, Cluster Logistics and Abdullahi Faizal for Abdulrasheed Maina as soon as his brother, Khalid Aliyu, left the bank three years ago.

“Though all the three accounts do not carry Abdulrasheed Maina’s name but I carried out instruction on the accounts for him as explained to me by his brother that Abdulrasheed Maina owns all funds in the accounts before he resigned from the bank.

“He is not a signatory to the three accounts mentioned. He usually called me on my phone number -08057465698 – to carry out instruction on all the three accounts.

“And he also sent e-mail instructions through his email gajipeace@gmail.com to my personal email freshicekiddy@yahoo.com to carry out instructions. Thereafter, he would send someone to the bank to give me a form of regularisation on the transactions done on all the three accounts.

“Sometimes when it is getting too late to regularize, I would call to remind him and asked me to come to his house in Kado to receive the regularised cheques.

“Most time, precisely on two occasions, I received the already signed regularised cheques in an enveloped sealed at the gate of his house.

“On 3/10/14, Abdulrasheed sent an instruction to debit Cluster Logistics with the sum of N15, 870, 690 and credit to a Bureau De Change account (JIEK BDC). This amount was converted to US dollars for onward delivery to him. I don’t know, I cannot remember the USD equivalent.

“Also on May 2, 2014, Abdulrasheed Maina sent a mail carrying instruction that the sum of N33, 880,000 be debited from the same Cluster Logistics and transferred to a Bureau De Change (West Waves). This was converted by the BDC customer and delivered to him.

“He scanned and sent another instruction on May 6, 2014 to me to debit Cluster Logistics with N47, 500, 00 and credit to BDC Customer, West Waves BDC who converted and sent to him.

“On the transaction that took place on July 3, 2015 in Abdullahi Faizal, he (Abdulrasheed Maina) sent an e-mail that the account be liquidated and converted to US dollars (USD). So, I got a bureau de change customer to convert the sum of N108million for him.”

Regarding accounts opened in the names of Kangolo and Drew Investment, Meseke added: “I am not sure who the account officers are. Sometimes last year, I got to know that Abdulrasheed Maina owns these accounts. I have never initiated any transaction on these accounts.”

Meseke also confirmed that Maina was operating a safe deposit box with the bank.

She, however, said Maina has sole access to the box.

She added: “As for the safe deposit box, I got to know that Maina maintained a safe deposit box after I joined in 2011 when he came to access his box and that the box had been in existence before I joined the bank in 2008. The last time I saw him coming to access his box was in 2013 but I cannot remember the exact month.”

Yesterday Maina’s lawyer Mrs Esther Uzoma, said: “We are waiting for the amended charges which the EFCC said contained the allegations.

“The EFCC has been saying that Maina operated slush accounts but they have not shown us any evidence.”

In a statement on Tuesday in Abuja she said: “The EFCC should come clean on the matter of my client, Dr. Abdulrasheed Maina. When I appeared before His Lordship, Justice Kolawole on July 21, I made it clear that the EFCC was yet to file any charge as well as serve any summons on Dr. Maina.

“It is trite law that you cannot say an accused is on the run when there is no charge preferred against him or any invitation extended to him.

“During the hearing for the bail application, counsel to the EFCC, Mr. Rotimi Jacobs (SAN), wanted the court to direct me to produce Maina in court at the next sitting but I argued that there are clear procedures, which the EFCC is familiar with and should follow.

“Naturally, the court agreed with my submission on the position of law. Therefore, it is misleading for the EFCC in its statement of Monday to mislead the public that there exists an order for Maina to be produced in court when there is no invitation extended to him let alone a charge preferred against him by the commission.

Cc: lalasticlala

When did it become illegal to be someones account officer? from all that has been said here, how is the banker culpable ? was the policy not followed to the latter? i find it unbelievable that the OP went as far as putting the guys full names , phone no etc out here.
so is the account officer a criminal for doing his job?

this is pure assassination of character and i hope all parties involve will get there litigation team ready!



http://thenationonlineng.net/banker-how-i-ran-n2bn-illegal-accounts-for-maina/

bynat:
Acct officer, there is no figure indicating ur own share. Sey na charity work u do for Maina ni ?

Mee234:
These EFCC people are not serious. Your star witness is going to testify about what she heard . Any good lawyer will discredit her testimony. Tomorrow some idiot will blame the judge for not convicting based on some stupid legal work by the EFCC and her lawyers

Mee234:
Based on her testimony alone the marina guy will walk. She never met the guy face to face. The guy did not open any account with her. She was told the account belong to X Y Z and she went ahead to carry out transactions based on instruction from phone conversion. Twice she went to a house to collect check , the checks were not sign in her present. EFCC is being very stupid

OnankpaBa:
APC 1 year will be better than PDP 16 years.

jonuel1:
Junk journalism
And the said banker will be let off the hook

GudluckIBB:
This female banker might also be implicated and charged with conspiracy
I'm not a lawyer but I can see some faults in what she has said

Firstly, why would you run the man's account using your personal e mail?

Secondly, the last transaction, she helped aranged for a Bdc operator to convert money for maina, there's no way she won't make close to 5M in that transaction.She knows Maina was already in the black book and as at when she did the last transaction, there was already another government in place.

I worked in fidelity bank before, I know this lady won't go free. She will be on suspension by now.Above all, She will be regretting ever taking a job with a bank.


Did u say you worked in a bank before? am sure you only did your I.T there because you dont sound like someone that have worked in a bank.
your comment greatly exposed your naive and ignorant knowledge of basic banking operations.
the questions you should ask is if due process was followed by the account officer? and moreover if you know the rudiment of private banking you wont be here making misguided comments.

the banker was just doing her job end of story let efcc go after the real culprits and they remain innocent until proven guilty.

Lastly maybe you just exposed how u were making money during your industry training days with your Bdc associates you should even be investigated.

conspiracy? for treating customers request?
Theft ? was he caught stealing?
fraud? were the cheques not signed or did he oay money into his own account?
accomplice? How OGA






She will be charged with conspiracy, theft, accomplice and fraud.

GudluckIBB:
This female banker might also be implicated and charged with conspiracy
I'm not a lawyer but I can see some faults in what she has said

Firstly, why would you run the man's account using your personal e mail?

Secondly, the last transaction, she helped aranged for a Bdc operator to convert money for maina, there's no way she won't make close to 5M in that transaction.She knows Maina was already in the black book and as at when she did the last transaction, there was already another government in place.

I worked in fidelity bank before, I know this lady won't go free. She will be on suspension by now.


Above all, She will be regretting ever taking a job with a bank.


She will be charged with conspiracy, theft, accomplice and fraud.

OnankpaBa:
Bros, you follow me see am too?

If PDP/GEJ continue ehen? Me and you for don run from naija.

Patience said pikin wen no pass suppose repeat class, but we refused to repeat GEJ He's a failure.

truthhonest100:
Did u say you worked in a bank before? am sure you only did your I.T there because you dont sound like someone that have worked in a bank.
your comment greatly exposed your naive and ignorant knowledge of basic banking operations.
the questions you should ask is if due process was followed by the account officer? and moreover if you know the rudiment of private banking you wont be here making misguided comments.

the banker was just doing her job end of story let efcc go after the real culprits and they remain innocent until proven guilty.

Lastly maybe you just exposed how u were making money during your industry training days with your Bdc associates you should even be investigated.

conspiracy? for treating customers request?
Theft ? was he caught stealing?
fraud? were the cheques not signed or did he oay money into his own account?
accomplice? How OGA

truthhonest100:
The banker is just doing her job and not culpable in any way , so if your customer calls and gives you instruction wont you do it? some people here dont know the meaning of private banking.

GudluckIBB:
This female banker might also be implicated and charged with conspiracy
I'm not a lawyer but I can see some faults in what she has said

Firstly, why would you run the man's account using your personal e mail?

Secondly, the last transaction, she helped aranged for a Bdc operator to convert money for maina, there's no way she won't make close to 5M in that transaction.She knows Maina was already in the black book and as at when she did the last transaction, there was already another government in place.

I worked in fidelity bank before, I know this lady won't go free. She will be on suspension by now.


Above all, She will be regretting ever taking a job with a bank.


She will be charged with conspiracy, theft, accomplice and fraud.

truthhonest100:
The banker is just doing her job and not culpable in any way , so if your customer calls and gives you instruction wont you do it? some people here dont know the meaning of private banking.

KemiJesus:
You just spoke my mind, the account officer must hav made a lot of money by now. Rich marketer

OnankpaBa:
GEJ, PDP, DIEZANI and GEJ Ministers killed Naija.

truthhonest100:
Did u say you worked in a bank before? am sure you only did your I.T there because you dont sound like someone that have worked in a bank.
your comment greatly exposed your naive and ignorant knowledge of basic banking operations.
the questions you should ask is if due process was followed by the account officer? and moreover if you know the rudiment of private banking you wont be here making misguided comments.

the banker was just doing her job end of story let efcc go after the real culprits and they remain innocent until proven guilty.

Lastly maybe you just exposed how u were making money during your industry training days with your Bdc associates you should even be investigated.

conspiracy? for treating customers request?
Theft ? was he caught stealing?
fraud? were the cheques not signed or did he oay money into his own account?
accomplice? How OGA

OnankpaBa:
GEJ, PDP, DIEZANI and GEJ Ministers killed Naija.

oluwaSmith1:
aww...thanks..