The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has again declared former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina, wanted over an alleged case involving the receipt of stolen property.
The anti-graft agency announced the development in a wanted notice issued on Wednesday and signed by its Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale.
The EFCC said Maina, 61, is an indigene of Biu, Borno State, and urged anyone with information about his whereabouts to contact the commission or the nearest police station and other security agencies.
The latest notice did not provide further details about the alleged stolen property or state when the alleged offence occurred.
Maina’s Previous Legal Troubles
Maina has previously been the subject of EFCC investigations and prosecution over allegations connected with pension funds.
The commission had declared him wanted in 2015 in connection with a separate case involving alleged procurement fraud and related offences.
He was later prosecuted over allegations of pension fraud and money laundering after his arrest in Niger Republic and return to Nigeria.
In November 2021, a Federal High Court in Abuja convicted Maina on money laundering-related charges and sentenced him to imprisonment. The conviction was subsequently upheld by the Court of Appeal in May 2023.
EFCC Seeks Information on His Whereabouts
In its latest notice, the commission listed its offices in Ibadan, Uyo, Sokoto, Maiduguri, Benin, Makurdi, Kaduna, Ilorin, Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Gombe, Port Harcourt and Abuja as locations where members of the public can provide information concerning Maina.
The EFCC also appealed to anyone with useful information to assist investigators in locating him.
The latest declaration comes amid a separate pending criminal case involving Maina and another defendant before an FCT High Court in Asokoro. The EFCC is prosecuting them over allegations relating to the receipt of funds said to have been stolen.
The commission has not publicly disclosed further details linking the fresh wanted notice specifically to that pending case.
