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For the fourth consecutive time, the embattled chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, on Wednesday failed to show up before the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) for his trial on an alleged N738.6 million contract scam.
Maina was arraigned before Justice Abubakar Kutigi, sitting at Gwagwalada, Abuja, on November 21, 2019, alongside his secretary, Ann Olachi, on a nine-count charge bordering on contact racketeering and stealing to the tune of N738.6m by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The commission alleged that the embattled Maina used his position to award fictitious contracts for purported biometric enrolment of pensioners, an offence punishable under Section 317 of the Penal Code Act, Cap 532 Vol 4, Laws of the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria 2007.