‘Maina Hasn’t Left Nigeria Since 2013’ – Immigration Boss

The Comptroller General of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mohammed Babandede, has stated that Abdulrasheed Maina has not left the country since 2013.

He made the statement while speaking before the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee set up to investigate the disappearance, return and reinstatement of the embattled former chairman of the Presidential Pension Task Force Team.

He said the documents and information available to them showed that Maina has not left the country since 2013, adding that if he had, he must have done so through illegal boarders.

The immigration boss revealed that Maina operated three passport; an official passport which had expired but not renewed; an ordinary valid passport and an American passport.

“We got to know about Maina on September 27, 2013 when he was going out of the country through the MMIA. He has three passports. The first one was an official one, expired not renewed. His current passport is valid till 2018. He also has a valid US passport, to expire 26 Aug, 2020.

“During our checks, we discovered that Maina has travelled many times. He was stopped because of an EFFC letter.

“In Dec 2015, we received a letter from EFCC to remove his name from stop list. But after the president’s directive, we blocked his name on the passport. So, according to our records, he hasn’t been traveling since 2013.

“We have searched through all documents available to us and there’s no evidence that Maina has travelled since 2013.”