Ex-Pension Boss, Maina Sentenced To 61 Years Imprisonment
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Justice Okon Abang of a Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday sentenced a
former chairman of now-defunct Pension Reforms Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina,
guilty to 61 years’ imprisonment but to run concurrently for eight years.
The court had found him guilty of inducing staff of Fidelity Bank
to open bank accounts for him without conducting due diligence and money
laundering.
Delivering the judgement, Justice Abang also found him
guilty of concealing his true identity as signatory to accounts opened in UBA
and Fidelity Bank by using the identity of his family members without their
knowledge.
These accounts were said to have cash deposits of N300
million, N500 million and N1.5 billion.
The court held that Maina
stole monies meant for pensioners as he could not prove where he got same
from.
Justice Abang also held that through Maina’s service as a
civil servant, his salary and emoluments would not amount to the monies in
these accounts.
The court further held that the prosecution (the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission), produced essential evidence through
witnesses called, to prove beyond reasonable doubt that Maina was also guilty
of money laundering in sum of N171,099,000.
This formed part of the proceeds of unlawful act, the court ruled.
61 years? Liar!
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