- Safiu Kehinde
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has declared an ex-convict, Abdulrasheed Maina, wanted over alleged case of receiving stolen properties.
Abdulrasheed, a 61-year-old indigene of Biu, Borno State, was declared wanted in a notice issued on Wednesday and signed by the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale.
The commission urged any member of the public with useful information on the whereabouts of the suspect to contact any of its office across the country or visit the nearest police station.
The post read; ‘The public is hereby notified that ABDULRASHEED ABDULLAHI MAINA, whose photograph appears above is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in an alleged case of Receiving Stolen Properties.
‘Maina, 61, is an indigene of Biu in Borno State.
‘Anybody with useful information as to his whereabouts should please contact the Commission in its Ibadan, Uyo, Sokoto, Maiduguri, Benin, Makurdi, Kaduna, Ilorin, Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Gombe, Port Harcourt, or Abuja offices or through 08093322644; its e-mail address; info@efcc,gov.ng or the nearest Police State and other security agenices.”
The latest allegation against Maina marks the second time he will be indicted in criminal offence with the first leading to his conviction.
According to reports, Maina was in 2020 extradited to Nigeria to face his ongoing money laundering trial.
The former chairman of the presidential task force on pension was accused of siphoning the pension fund between 2020 and 2021.
He was sacked after he could not account for the money and arraigned.
Maina was arrested in Niamey, the capital of the Republic, after he jumped bail and was declared wanted by an Abuja High Court.
Maina was standing trial for the money laundering to the tune of N2 billion before he was extradited in 2020.
