Court finds Abdulrasheed Maina guilty of money laundering

The former chairman of the now-defunct pension reformed task team, Abdulrasheed Maina, has been found guilty of money laundering.

Justice Okon Abang of the federal high court in Abuja, found Maina guilty of concealing his true identity as a signatory to accounts opened in Uba and fidelity bank by using the identity of his family members without their knowledge.

These bank accounts had cash deposits of N300million, N500million, and N1.5billion

The court held that Maina stole monies meant for pensioners as he could not prove where he got them from.

Justice Okon held that the prosecutor, EFCC has produced essential evidence to prove reasonable that Maina is guilty of money laundering in the sum of N171,099,000.

Justice Abang also held that through Maina’s service as a civil servant, his salary and emoluments will not amount to the monies in these accounts.