Money Laundering: After Maina Collapsed In Court, Judge Adjourns Case To Dec 21

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Thursday, adjourned the alleged money laundering trial of the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Taskforce Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, to December 21 and 22.

Justice Okong Abang, who presided over the matter, adjourned the case to Dec 21 and 22.

Our correspondent learnt that the court would be hearing and possibly ruling on Maina’s no-case submission on those days.

The prosecutor, ( Economic and Financial Crimes Commission) had closed its case after presenting nine witnesses to testify against the defendant.

But during Thursday’s court proceedings, Maina slumped when his new counsel, Anayo Adibe, was making a case for him.

Adibe, who has maintained that he is a new counsel in the case, told the judge that he needed records of proceedings to properly represent his client.

THE WHISTLER earlier reported that Justice Abang had disagreed with Adibe, saying the defendant was not new in the matter and that Adibe ought to have gotten the records of the case from Maina’s former lawyers.