The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has produced a former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team, Abulrasheed Maina, for Friday’s proceedings of his trial at the Federal High Court in Abuja.

Maina, who is being prosecuted by the EFCC on N2bn money laundering charges, had jumped bail and fled to Republic of Niger.

He was extradited to Nigeria on Thursday about two weeks after the court revoked his bail, ordered his arrest and directed that his trial would proceed in his absence pending when security agencies would be able to apprehend him.

He was produced in court at about 8.27 am ahead of the proceedings scheduled to commence by 9 am on Friday.

He sat between two EFCC operatives in the courtroom.

Maina last attended court in July and has subsequently missed up to six court sessions since September 29.

His trial has since proceeded in his absence following the court’s order of November 18, 2020, which the judge, Justice Okon Abang, issued following the defendant’s repeated absence from court.

Unable to produce the defendant, his surety, Senator Ali Ndume, was imprisoned by the court but later granted bail after spending five days in detention.

Kaduna1stson:
Look, you people shouldn't disgrace Maina like that. Is it because he is a northerner?

Someone carried two whole bullion vans to share billions in his compound and the case has been ended because they said the case file got burnt at the end sars protests. It's unfair, northerners should protest this injustice.

Racoon:
Imagine this man being re-arrested from the same Niger Republic he fled to after he was escorted out.EFCC and FG all fully knows the game they're playing with this Abdulrasheed Maina's case.

Amotolongbo:
The game plan is to arrest, detain and silence Eyinnaya Abaribe

Mabizela:
Watch as Buhari will order for his release. Buhari should resign asap and tender an apology to all Nigerians

Kaduna1stson:
Look, you people shouldn't disgrace Maina like that. Is it because he is a northerner?

Someone carried two whole bullion vans to share billions in his compound and the case has been ended because they said the case file got burnt at the end sars protests. It's unfair, northerners should protest this injustice.

Bodexman:


Is it not under same Buhari that he was extradited?

If maina were to be a Southerner, you would've said he was extradited because he came from the southern part.

Now he came from the North, extradited, yet giving excuses that Buhari will soon release him.

Haba! What do you want? The FG should behead him?

Mabizela:
Buhari is a disaster

Liposure:
I'm yet to see them jail one person in this fight against corruption. They are just deceiving themselves

Kaduna1stson:
Look, you people shouldn't disgrace Maina like that. Is it because he is a northerner?

Someone carried two whole bullion vans to share billions in his compound and the case has been ended because they said the case file got burnt at the end sars protests. It's unfair, northerners should protest this injustice.

Bodexman:


Agreed 99.9%