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By Ikechukwu Nnochiri The Federal High Court in Abuja, on Wednesday, declined to allow the son of former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team, Abulrasheed Maina, Faisal, to re-open his defence to the money laundering charge the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, preferred against him. The court, in a chamber ruling that was delivered by trial Justice Okon Abang, held that the application the Defendant filed to recall all the witnesses the EFCC brought to testify against him, lacked merit. Justice Abang accordingly dismissed the application, even as he fixed May 18 for the anti-graft agency to adopt its final written address to enable the court to deliver judgement in the matter. ....
Alleged N2billion Fraud: Court dismisses Maina’s request for fresh bail The judge says Mr Maina does not deserve a second chance. 3 min read The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, refused to grant fresh bail to the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Taskforce Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina. Ruling on the matter, the judge, Okon Abang, said Mr Maina, who jumped bail last year, “has disappointed the court,” the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports. He said the defendant, who is being prosecuted for laundering N2billion in pension funds, failed to place sufficient materials before the court to support his fresh application for bail. ....
The anti-graft agency tells the court Mr Maina, who evaded trial and escaped to Niger Republic last year does not deserve to be granted fresh bail. ....
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers: 1. President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday extended the tenure of the Inspector General of ....