Court jails Maina’s son for 13 years

A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja and presided by Justice James Omotosho has convicted Faisal Maina, the son of the notorious pension thief, Abdulrasheed Maina to thirteen-year imprisonment on Friday October 13, 2026.

The Court handed down the conviction following the granting of an ex parte application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).

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The EFCC told the Court to issue a warrant to commit Faisal to prison sentence and to serve in Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) over money laundering and failure to fully disclose his assets in an asset declaration form.

Faisal’s appearance followed his arrest on October 14, 2026 by operatives of the Department of State Service, DSS, in Karsana area of Abuja, after he jumped bail six years ago and went into hiding.

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Since he jumped bail, Faisal stopped attending Court proceedings.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission also requested the Court to order Faisal’s prison sentence to run from October 14, the date of his re-arrest.

Granting the request of the EFCC represented by it’s counsel, M.K. Hussain, Justice Omotosho issued a warrant for Faisal’s commitment to a correctional centre.

The judge ordered that, in line with the Court of Appeal’s judgment of November 24, 2022, Faisal should serve three years’ imprisonment on count one, seven years on count two and three years on count three.

The sentences are to run concurrently, beginning from October 14, 2026, when he was re-arrested.

Faisal was arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja in 2019 on a three-count charge bordering on money laundering and failure to fully disclose his assets.

He pleaded not guilty before Justice Okon Abang, who presided over the case at the time, but later jumped bail and stopped attending proceedings.

Following his disappearance, Justice Abang proceeded with the trial in his absence and convicted him on October 7, 2021.

The court sentenced him to five years’ imprisonment on counts one and three, and 14 years on count two, with the sentences to run concurrently.

Justice Abang also ordered that Faisal be arrested wherever he was found and taken to a correctional centre to serve his sentence.

The Court of Appeal subsequently upheld the conviction but reduced the sentences in its judgment delivered on November 24, 2022, to three years on counts one and three, and seven years on count two.

Faisal’s father, Abdulrasheed, was also convicted in a separate money laundering case involving about ₦2 billion. He has since completed his prison term.

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