The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission has arrested two bankers
with Fidelity Bank who allegedly aided
the former chairman of the Pension
Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina,
to launder stolen funds.



Danjuma Zubairu, Group Head of Private
Banking, and Abubakar Gwambe, an
account head, were arrested on
Thursday following fresh evidence that
they are managing proxy accounts for
Mr. Maina, a source familiar with the
matter said on Friday.


Mr. Maina is currently on the run after
the EFCC filed charges against him for
stealing billions of naira through a phony
biometric exercise alongside Steve
Oronsaye, the former Head of Service of
the Federation.


A Senate joint committee on public
service and establishment had, in 2013,
indicted Mr. Maina of fraud after he was
brought in to reform the pension
administration.


On Friday, the EFCC said they had traced
N2.8 billion to numerous bank accounts
used by Mr. Maina.
”The accounts which have over time
witnessed massive inflow of slush funds
include two corporate and three
individual accounts,” the anti graft
commission said.


“The first individual account opened in
the name of Abdullahi Faizer, had a
turnover of N1.5billion while the other
operated in the name of Nafisatu Aliyu
recorded a turnover of over N100,000.
“The corporate accounts of Cluster
Logistics had a turnover of N500million
and $400,000 USD. Drew Investment and
Construction and Kongolo Dynamics
Cleaning Limited recorded turnovers of
N54million and N509million
respectively.”


All the five accounts, according to the
EFCC, had different opening packages.
“Four of the accounts were allegedly
opened by one Khalid Aliyu, a relation of
Maina, who was an employee of the
bank. The said Khalil is currently at
large,” said the Commission.
“But investigation established that
Abdulrasheed Maina is the one operating
the accounts.”


Competent sources in the anti-graft
agency disclosed that the nexus between
Mr. Maina and the accounts was established through a
detailed analysis of telephone text messages and email
communications between Mr. Maina and the bank
officials.


The bulk of the monies, it was gathered, had been
moved through some Bureau de Change operators who
convert them into dollar and transfer to Mr. Maina,
who is believed to be hiding in the United Arab
Emirates.


The EFCC has been on the trail of Mr. Maina for years.
Before the agency filed charges against him in absentia,
it arrested Ann Igwe, who served as Mr. Maina’s
secretary during his reign as the chairman of the
controversial PRTT.


Ms. Igwe was arrested in July this year by the
Commission and she had provided “useful information,”
a source close to the agency said.
It was gathered that Ms. Igwe allegedly confessed on
how the biometric contract allegedly awarded to
streamline pension administration under Mr. Maina
actually became a conduit for stealing pension fund.


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Sai Baba

My Sai Buhari

These peeps are really heartless, they got the balls to toil with old people sweat, pains and labor.


If I say God go punish dem e no go make sense, cos Him don dey punish them already

EFCC don wake up

This shiit doesnt happen here in london

Ok

Shit happens daily. Maina is safer dead!

wachakuta:
EFCC don wake up

No mind dem, na Oga jonah giv dem sleeping tablet

Maina deserves to be kept in prison for at least 365years only

Death penalty by hanging should be impose on corrupt office holders. That's all I have to say

The effects of corruption on Nigeria is like that of a man carrying 10bags full of cement bare headed.

No sinner shall go unpunished