DSS arrests and fingers over Maina’s fugitive son to EFCC

The Department of State Services (DSS), has arrested Faisal Abdulrasheed Maina, fugitive son of the previous Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina.

The company has additionally handed him over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

Security sources revealed that Faisal who has been on the run since 2020, was trailed and apprehended by operatives of the DSS in Karsana space of Abuja.

“His arrest followed credible intelligence which indicated that Faisal had secretly returned to the country”, a supply revealed.

It shall be recalled that Faisal was prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a three-count cost bordering on cash laundering and conspiracy.

He subsequently violated his bail circumstances and escaped the nation.

The trial continued in his absence, culminating in his conviction and sentence to 14 years’ imprisonment by Justice Okon Abang in 2021.

The Court had ordered that Faisal be arrested wherever he was present in Nigeria and remanded in a correctional centre to serve his sentence.

It additional directed that, if discovered exterior the nation, the Federal Government ought to take lawful steps to safe his extradition to serve his jail time period.

“The handover of Faisal to the EFCC is anticipated to facilitate the enforcement of the Court’s judgment and be certain that he serves his sentence in accordance with the legislation,” a source declared.