Report indicates that the former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, has been arrested.
Maina was reportedly arrested late Monday by operatives in Niger in collaboration with Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) following a mutual security agreement between the two countries.
Recall the federal government had last week said it has contacted the Interpol in Niger Republic and the United States in order to execute the arrest warrant issued by the Federal High Court in Abuja.
Maina who is being tried for money laundering charges had gotten his bail revoked on November 18, 2020 and a bench warrant issued for his arrest.
Maina is being prosecuted by the EFCC on 12 counts of money laundering, involving N2bn.
Recall that Senator Ali Ndume had stood surety for Maina.
EFCC alleged that Maina used the account of the firm for money laundering to the tune of about N2 billion, part of which he used to acquire landed properties in Abuja.
Maina had earlier spent over seven months at the Kuje Correctional Center before the court released him on bail on July 24, this year, after Ndume agreed to stand surety for him.
However, the trial was halted, as Maina failed to appear in court, a situation that caused the court to order Ndume to produce him by all means.
Failing to produce Maina, Justice Abang ordered that the Borno senator be remanded in custody.
However, Ndume has since regained his freedom.
