The Department of State Services (DSS) has rearrested Abdulrasheed Maina, Chairman of defunct Pension Reform Task Team, and is expected to hand him over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) this week.
Maina, who had been on the wanted list of the EFCC for the past four years for N2.1 billion pension fraud, was apprehended by the DSS operatives shortly after entering the country from his Dubai base.
The EFCC confirmed on Tuesday that the former Director, Human Resources Department, Ministry of Interior, would soon be handed over to the anti-graft agency for interrogation and arraignment for pension fraud.
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“I can confirm that Maina is still with the DSS, but we are expecting them to hand him over to us soon. No date has been fixed yet, but he may be transferred to us this week for prosecution,” according to the source.
Maina had been charged alongside a former head of service, Steve Oronsaye, Osarenkhoe Afe, Fredrick Hamilton and Global Services before a Federal High Court on a 24-count bordering on procurement, fraud and obtaining by false pretence in July 2015, but he absconded from the country shortly after.
According to sources, Maina had been visiting the country regularly from his base in Dubai despite being under surveillance and on the watchlist of security agencies.
He subsequently met with the Attorney-general of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, in Dubai in 2016, during which he was reportedly assured of his safety in Nigeria.
