The former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdul-Rasheed Maina, has reportedly been arrested by the Department of State Services, DSS.
He was said to have been picked up from a hotel in Abuja where he was holed up after sneaking into the country from Dubai.
Recall that Maina was on July 21, 2015, charged before a Federal High Court on 24-count charge bordering on procurement fraud and obtaining by false pretence.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, in 2017, declared him wanted, following his refusal to honour the commission’s invitations.
Although top government officials tried to smuggle him into the country and attempted to reinstate him to office, the process backfired.
Recall also that the Chief of Staff to President Muhammadu Buhari, Abba Kyari and former Head of Service, Winifred Oyo-Ita, reportedly clashed over the leaking of a memo which revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari was aware of the move to reinstate Maina.
The Nation newspaper quoting an unnamed source said Maina who is currently being quizzed by the DSS may be handed over to the EFCC for trial.
“Following inter-agency collaboration, intelligence report indicated that Maina had sneaked into the country from Dubai.
“He was trailed to an Abuja hotel where he was arrested after operatives outwitted those who tried to ferry him away in a bullet-proof vehicle.
“He is currently being quizzed. He is likely to be handed over to the EFCC for trial. He has a pending case since 2015,” the paper said.
