JamzNG Latest News, Gist, Entertainment in Nigeria
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has again declared the former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Maina, wanted.
The commission said the 61-year-old former government official was wanted on charges of receiving stolen property.
The EFCC announced the development in a wanted notice published on its X account and signed by its Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale.
According to the commission, Maina is an indigene of Biu, Borno State, and the public is asked to assist investigators in finding him.
“The public is hereby informed that Abdularasheed Abdullahi Maina, whose photo appears above, is wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in a case of allegedly receiving stolen property,” the commission said.
The anti-corruption agency provides several offices that can be used as places to report Maina’s whereabouts.
“Anyone with useful information regarding his whereabouts should contact the Commission at its offices in Ibadan, Uyo, Sokoto, Maiduguri, Benin, Makurdi, Kaduna, Ilorin, Enugu, Kano, Lagos, Gombe, Port Harcourt or Abuja,” he added.
Also read: Access Bank’s Nwogu urges strategic media partnerships to attract global investment to Zambia
The EFCC also asked anyone with relevant information to contact the agency via its designated telephone line or email address, [email protected]
His party also encourages the public to report this information to the nearest police station or other security agency.
The commission’s latest notice did not reveal details of the alleged stolen property case, including the nature of the property involved or when the alleged offense occurred.
Maina previously faced a protracted legal battle over allegations involving the pension fund. In November 2021, the Federal High Court in Abuja found him guilty of money laundering offenses and sentenced him to eight years in prison. The Court of Appeal then upheld the guilty verdict and sentence in May 2023.
He was previously declared a wanted person after failing to appear in court in a pension-related case and was eventually arrested in Niger Republic in 2019 before being brought back to Nigeria to face legal proceedings.
The Nigerian Correctional Service later confirmed that Maina was released on February 25, 2025, after qualifying for statutory remission based on good behavior in custody.
Therefore, the latest wanted notice puts Maina back in the spotlight as the EFCC seeks information that could help locate him in connection with the new charges.
