Alleged Money Laundering: After Court Order, Maina Arrested In Niger Republic

The former Chairman of the Pension Reformed Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, who is facing an money laundering charges at a Federal High Court in Abuja, is said to have been arrested by a coordinated security team in Niger Republic on Monday.

Punch reports that “the Commissioner of Police, Interpol National Bureau, Garba Umar, confirmed Maina’s arrest.”

THE WHISTLER earlier reported that the court had on November 18, ordered security agents to arrest Maina for jumping bail.

On its part, the prosecution counsel (EFCC) had told Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court that Nigeria had contacted Niger Republic and the United States in a bid to apprehend Maina.

Also, Senator Ali Ndume (Borno South), who stood as surety for the embattled former pension task Team boss, had been remanded for breaching bail terms but he was eventually released.