THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed an application at the court for the forfeiture of 29 additional assets, worth N1.054 billion, traced to Abdulrasheed Maina.

Maina, the fugitive former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), was arrested in an Abuja hotel in September, when he sneaked into the country from his United Arab Emirates (UAE) base.

He was picked up with his son, Faisal, who pulled a pistol to prevent his father’s arrest.

Since his arrest, Maina has been undergoing interrogation at the EFCC.

Some foreign assets believed to belong to Maina have also been located in the UAE and other jurisdictions.

The government is set to invoke the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) to seize Maina’s choice properties in the UAE.

Sources close to the investigators said other items retrieved from Maina and his son, included about 31 SIM cards of UAE, MTN, 9Mobile and Airtel. Also, between him and his son, “they were in possession of 19 handsets and each of the handset either has one SIM card or two/ three cards”.

Other items recovered are one iPad and two laptops.

Also recovered are: 13 flash drives and Kentucky U.S. ID card in the name of Maina Abdulrasheed Abdull; a UAE Certificate of Naturalisation for Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina; a UAE ID card in the name of Abdulrasheed Maina.

The rest are a Nigerian passport and a UAE passport for Faisal Abdulrasheed Maina; ATM cards/ cheque books both for Nigerian and UAE banks being used by Maina and charms, including a traditional jacket (top) with charms and in their luggage.”

The source gave an insight into Maina’s offshore investments and assets. He said there is documentary evidence linking Maina to companies in the UAE and Nigeria through his son. The father’s name does not appear in the profile of these companies but the son’s name does.

A luxury and car rental company Northridge Rent A Car in Dubai, have been undercovered a cleaning service firm – Spotless and Flawless International, also in Dubai.

Maina has also admitted the ownership of Ostrich Oil and Gas Company, the source said.

The source added that EFCC detectives have “located many accounts operated by Maina but opened in different names.

“For example, he got the Bank Verification Number (BVN) of his sister, Fatima Abdullahi, and opened an account with it. But it is Maina that is signing the cheque, to withdraw money from the account. The sister was not aware of the existence of the account until Maina was arrested.

“He used the names of many of his relatives to open accounts between 2014 and 2017. In some accounts operated by one of his suspected firms, there were deposits of about N183 million and $323, 396 between 2014 and 2017.

According to sources, the list of the properties was discovered during the search on one of his relatives in possession of the titles.

The source said: “Maina has filled the asset declaration form and he did not declare these properties which he brought in different names.

“Our investigations showed that many of these properties were paid for in cash. For instance, he paid N100 million for a property on 16A Katuru Road, Kaduna.

“EFCC detectives succeeded in linking the assets to Maina from the Deeds of Sale and other documents. We were able to compute the cost of 29 properties at over N1billion. ”With his denial of ownership of these assets, we have already filed an application in a High Court for their forfeiture to the Federal Government,” the source said

Sections 28 and 34 of the EFCC (Establishment Act) 2004 and Section 13(1) of the Federal High Court Act, 2004 empower the anti-graft agency to invoke Interim Assets Forfeiture Clause.

Section 28 of the EFCC Act reads: “Where a person is arrested for an offence under this Act, the Commission shall immediately trace and attach all the assets and properties of the person acquired as a result of such economic or financial crime and shall thereafter cause to be obtained an interim attachment order from the court.

Section 13 of the Federal High Court Act reads in part: “The court may grant an injunction or appoint a receiver by an interlocutory order in all cases in which it appears to the court to be just or convenient so to do.

“Any such order may be made either unconditionally or on such terms and conditions as the Court thinks just.”

Besides the 29 assets newly discovered, on December 9, 2017, the Acting EFCC Chairman Ibrahim Magu, said seven properties had been seized from Maina.

The properties are a two- storey commercial building located on Ibrahim Taiwo Road, a bungalow located on Katuru Road and four separate properties located on Kano Road in Kawo New Extension, all in Kaduna. The other property which is still under construction is a set of four one-storey block of flats located at No. 5, Sokoto Road adjacent to the Zamfara State Governor’s Lodge, Kaduna.

Other properties linked to Maina include No. 12, 11th Road, Kado Estate, Abuja; No. A5 Omenai H.O (B Close) Kado Estate; No. 9, Eneli TCM Close, (A Close) Kado Estate; No. 8, Kolo S Close (A Close) Kado Estate; Luxury apartments (eight blocks of flats; six units of three bedrooms; two units of two bedrooms) located at Plot 965, Cadastral C2, Life Camp, Abuja and a sprawling edifice located at No. 10 Hamisu Musa Road, Jabi, Abuja.

He said: “Maina had a total inflow of over N2.7 billion between 2010 and 2013, with 95 per cent of the deposits being in cash. It was discovered that Faizal Abdullahi’s Account (his son), had a turnover of over N1.5 billion in less than a year.”

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Very very good...

By the way...

What happened to the Ikoyi tower's cash and case?

Very anyhow people and country.

Wow. The level of wickedness in this case still shocks me till today. These are people pensions for God’s sake. And this guy and his children will pray he lives long well into and past retirement age

Everyday for maina, one day for his owner

The Head of Service of the Federation, Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita has said President Muhammadu Buhari is aware of the reinstatement of a former Chairman of the Pension Reforms Commission, Mallam Abdulrasheed Maina, into the civil service.

She however said she warned the President against it.Oyo-Ita said that her warning was based on the implications such reinstatement would have on the anti-corruption war of the Federal Government.

The HoS stated this in her memo to the Chief of Staff to the President, Mr. Abba Kyari.The memo, with reference number HSCSF/HCSF/LU/COR/FCSC/750/T was dated October 23, 2017.The memo, titled, “Re: Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina,” was received in the office of the Chief of Staff to the President on October 23.

https://www.google.com/amp/s/punchng.com/buhari-aware-of-mainas-reinstatement-i-warned-him-hos/amp/

The world is waiting to see what becomes of this Maina case -the alleged highly wanted pension funds fugitive criminal.

This is the time for the president/presidency to truly clear their names by revealing to Nigerians their role in the controversial reinstatement & double promotion of this man.

“Maina had a total inflow of over N2.7 billion between 2010 and 2013, with 95 per cent of the deposits being in cash. It was discovered that Faizal Abdullahi’s Account (his son), had a turnover of over N1.5 billion in less than a year.”

Chai! Wicked souls.Just imagine the humongous corruption.The curses of victims of the pension funds will continue to hunt this man & his generation.

Nawa

29 additional? This is man sent to investigate corruption in police pension ooo. Just imagine how much the bigwigs in police pension ate then ...I wonder what Maina did to Buhari recently because Buhari only prosecutes this he has issues with..Did Buhari find out Maina tried to finance Atiku campaign from the Shadows?

LocalChamp:
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed an application at the court for the forfeiture of 29 additional assets, worth N1.054 billion, traced to Abdulrasheed Maina.

Maina, the fugitive former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), was arrested in an Abuja hotel in September, when he sneaked into the country from his United Arab Emirates (UAE) base.

He was picked up with his son, Faisal, who pulled a pistol to prevent his father’s arrest.

Since his arrest, Maina has been undergoing interrogation at the EFCC.

Some foreign assets believed to belong to Maina have also been located in the UAE and other jurisdictions.

The government is set to invoke the Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) to seize Maina’s choice properties in the UAE.

Sources close to the investigators said other items retrieved from Maina and his son, included about 31 SIM cards of UAE, MTN, 9Mobile and Airtel. Also, between him and his son, “they were in possession of 19 handsets and each of the handset either has one SIM card or two/ three cards”.

Other items recovered are one iPad and two laptops.

Also recovered are: 13 flash drives and Kentucky U.S. ID card in the name of Maina Abdulrasheed Abdull; a UAE Certificate of Naturalisation for Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina; a UAE ID card in the name of Abdulrasheed Maina.

The rest are a Nigerian passport and a UAE passport for Faisal Abdulrasheed Maina; ATM cards/ cheque books both for Nigerian and UAE banks being used by Maina and charms, including a traditional jacket (top) with charms and in their luggage.”

The source gave an insight into Maina’s offshore investments and assets. He said there is documentary evidence linking Maina to companies in the UAE and Nigeria through his son. The father’s name does not appear in the profile of these companies but the son’s name does.

A luxury and car rental company Northridge Rent A Car in Dubai, have been undercovered a cleaning service firm – Spotless and Flawless International, also in Dubai.

Maina has also admitted the ownership of Ostrich Oil and Gas Company, the source said.

The source added that EFCC detectives have “located many accounts operated by Maina but opened in different names.

“For example, he got the Bank Verification Number (BVN) of his sister, Fatima Abdullahi, and opened an account with it. But it is Maina that is signing the cheque, to withdraw money from the account. The sister was not aware of the existence of the account until Maina was arrested.

“He used the names of many of his relatives to open accounts between 2014 and 2017. In some accounts operated by one of his suspected firms, there were deposits of about N183 million and $323, 396 between 2014 and 2017.

According to sources, the list of the properties was discovered during the search on one of his relatives in possession of the titles.

The source said: “Maina has filled the asset declaration form and he did not declare these properties which he brought in different names.

“Our investigations showed that many of these properties were paid for in cash. For instance, he paid N100 million for a property on 16A Katuru Road, Kaduna.

“EFCC detectives succeeded in linking the assets to Maina from the Deeds of Sale and other documents. We were able to compute the cost of 29 properties at over N1billion. ”With his denial of ownership of these assets, we have already filed an application in a High Court for their forfeiture to the Federal Government,” the source said

Sections 28 and 34 of the EFCC (Establishment Act) 2004 and Section 13(1) of the Federal High Court Act, 2004 empower the anti-graft agency to invoke Interim Assets Forfeiture Clause.

Section 28 of the EFCC Act reads: “Where a person is arrested for an offence under this Act, the Commission shall immediately trace and attach all the assets and properties of the person acquired as a result of such economic or financial crime and shall thereafter cause to be obtained an interim attachment order from the court.

Section 13 of the Federal High Court Act reads in part: “The court may grant an injunction or appoint a receiver by an interlocutory order in all cases in which it appears to the court to be just or convenient so to do.

“Any such order may be made either unconditionally or on such terms and conditions as the Court thinks just.”

Besides the 29 assets newly discovered, on December 9, 2017, the Acting EFCC Chairman Ibrahim Magu, said seven properties had been seized from Maina.

The properties are a two- storey commercial building located on Ibrahim Taiwo Road, a bungalow located on Katuru Road and four separate properties located on Kano Road in Kawo New Extension, all in Kaduna. The other property which is still under construction is a set of four one-storey block of flats located at No. 5, Sokoto Road adjacent to the Zamfara State Governor’s Lodge, Kaduna.

Other properties linked to Maina include No. 12, 11th Road, Kado Estate, Abuja; No. A5 Omenai H.O (B Close) Kado Estate; No. 9, Eneli TCM Close, (A Close) Kado Estate; No. 8, Kolo S Close (A Close) Kado Estate; Luxury apartments (eight blocks of flats; six units of three bedrooms; two units of two bedrooms) located at Plot 965, Cadastral C2, Life Camp, Abuja and a sprawling edifice located at No. 10 Hamisu Musa Road, Jabi, Abuja.

He said: “Maina had a total inflow of over N2.7 billion between 2010 and 2013, with 95 per cent of the deposits being in cash. It was discovered that Faizal Abdullahi’s Account (his son), had a turnover of over N1.5 billion in less than a year.”

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All nah ruse as far as maina is a Fulani... No EFCC will succeed..

How does a public servant own N1B in asset
I'm confused..

Though the anti corruption fight is a good thing , but what baffles me is that all the asset forfeiture is going to where ?

Asset forfeiture should be the core mandate of AMCON and that should translate to income for the FG. The question is how does it affect the masses ?..

Lol... E be like say dem be yahoo boy

Okay

This one na yahoo yahoo ooo


We are watching till them catch that ikoyi house thief.

Investigation inconclusive.

Now that maina has been clamped down, I hope the children of hate and pervert will stopped using his name as reference to make mockery of pmb fight against corruption...

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EFCC!

Just the way you forfeited Invictus Obinwanne Okeke's bank accounts without issues. Do so to any entity.

Don't tell me we ought to wait for the FBI.

Nigeria court, Me as a whole, I don't believe in them anymore.

13 flashdrives!! Blike our politicians and thier children dey run street too. Shuu

aspiring44:
Though the anti corruption fight is a good thing , but what baffles me is that all the asset forfeiture is going to where ?

Asset forfeiture should be the core mandate of AMCON and that should translate to income for the FG. The question is how does it affect the masses ?..

Same question I ask myself anytime I read news like this, where does these money goes to and how does it affect the common man.
More than a thousand luxury cars, iPhones, Laptops, Jewelries, Buildings and lands has been seized from fraudsters/politicians thru plea-bargain in less than two years, yet govt is still looking for ways to tax the ordinary Nigerians thru high electricity tariffs, increased VAT, tax on phone calls & data etc..

The efforts of EFCC though commendable will neither stop nor discourage Civil Servants/Politicians from stealing it will only make them practice how to steal smarter without being caught.

Almost all federal roads are in bad shape and december is fast approaching, Minna road is very bad, Abuja-Kaduna road is gradually giving way on some portions b/c of heavy trucks, lokoja-okene-auchi-benin road can make a pregnant woman to have premature delivery, Abeokuta- Lagos road, East-West road, PH-Aba road, Onitsha-Enugu road, Benin-Agbor-Asaba road etc
The federal govt is saying there is no money for new projects for 2020 and only already awarded projects will be financed. The problem now is the already constructed ones are going bad daily due to Lack of Maintenance, sub-standard work, Flooding, Heavy weight tankers and trailers(especially the one with 22 tyres) etc

If you are living in Abuja and you plan to travel home in December by road, then three things awaits you Breakdown of vehicle b/c of bad road, fear of been kidnapped/robbed and Accident due to bad road.
My prayer is that God will lead us to our destination safely.

It’s only in Nigeria, that a civil servant will have assets of 1billion.

Yesterday was Oyo Ita. Today is Maina. Let's be sincere even if they check all the service chiefs, DGs, Executive Secreataries , Ministers, Magu himself you wll find more than what Maina has that is well beyond their income. The former EFCC boss does he not have more than this?

Let everyone who holds public office or gets government appointment above level grade 9 be investigated and salaries of all public office holders declared publicly