BEVERLY HILLS, December 03, (THEWILL) – The Nigeria Police Force has extradited the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, from Niamey, Niger Republic.
The fugitive was apprehended in the Nigerien capital on Monday by the operatives of the NPF, International Criminal Police Organisation National Central Bureau, Abuja, in collaboration with their Nigerien counterparts.
In its verified Twitter handle, (—Nigeria Police Force (@PoliceNG), the NPF said:
“The Nigeria Police Force has extradited Abdulrashid Abdullahi Maina, former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), today, 3rd December, 2020, to Nigeria from Niamey, Niger Republic, … ”
The Commissioner of Police, Interpol NCB, Garba Umar, also confirmed Maina’s extradition.
Fugitive Maina is currently being held at a police facility in Abuja.
He will be interrogated before being handed over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission or the Nigerian Correctional Service for remand in Kuje Custodial facility.
The former director in the ministry of interior, who is being prosecuted on 12 counts of money laundering to the tune of N2 billion by the EFCC, had jumped bail forcing the trial judge, Justice Abang Okon, to issue an arrest warrant against him.
He was said to have stopped attending his trial since September 29, 2020, prompting Justice Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, to order the remand of his surety, Senator Ali Ndume, penultimate Monday.
The court, however, granted bail to the Borno South Senator, last Friday.
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