Maina Extradited To Nigeria
The Nigeria Police Force has extradited Abdulrashid Abdullahi Maina, former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), today, 3rd December, 2020, to Nigeria from Niamey, Niger Republic.
Force PRO, DCP Frank Mba said Main a was extradited by the police having been declared wanted by a court of competent jurisdiction over a pending criminal trial against him.
Recall that Abdulrashid Maina was arrested on 30th November, 2020 through the collaborative efforts of the operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, INTERPOL NCB, Abuja and their Nigerien counterpart.
The team from INTERPOL Nigeria, led by the Commissioner of Police INTERPOL, CP Garba Umar, having completed the necessary documentation requirements and other extradition processes, flew the wanted former Pension Boss, Maina into Nigeria aboard an NPF Jet 5N-HAR and landed at exactly 1417Hrs (Nigerian Time).
Meanwhile, the Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu, while applauding the trans-national/inter-agency collaborations that led to the successful arrest and extradition of the wanted fugitive, assured that necessary legal actions will follow immediately.
Maina is wanted for over N2 billion pension fraud for his alleged involvement in over N2 billion Pensions Biometric Scam in the office of the Head of Civil Service of the Federation.
He is been prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The EFCC added Maina to its wanted list on its website on 06 November 2015 and subsequently Maina was placed on the International Police wanted list.
Maina was subsequently assured of his safety in Nigeria in Nigeria in 2016 by a top Nigeria government.
Maina then visited Nigeria and resumed at the Ministry of Interior in 2017 where he was promoted to the position of Deputy Director, Human Resources Department, without sitting for the mandatory promotion examination.
After Maina’s controversial reinstatement and promotion in the Federal Civil Service, the Senate set up and Adhoc Committee to Investigate the controversial reinstatement and promotion of Maina.
President Mohammadu Buhari in late 2017 directed the immediate disengagement of Maina from the Federal Civil Service.
He subsequently jumped bail and escaped to Niger Republic where he was finally arrested.