General Interest
EFCC Explains How Maina Stole ₦14B Using 66 Bank Accounts
A prosecution witness has alleged that Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Force Team, allegedly looted N14 billion worth of pension funds in cahoot with a former head of service.
Rouqquaya Ibrahim told a federal high court in Abuja that Maina and Stephen Oronsaye, who was head of service between 2009 and 2010, allegedly stole the funds through more than 60 bank accounts.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting Maina on a 12-count charge bordering on money laundering to the tune of N2bn.
Okon Abang, a judge, had ordered the commencement of trial following his prolonged absence from court since he was released on bail.
At the trial on Wednesday, Ibrahim, the ninth prosecution witness who is also an EFCC investigator, told the court that the investigation team found that “Abdulrasheed Maina was deeply involved in stealing pension funds”.
The witness said investigations revealed how Maina paid pension funds into the private accounts set up by Oronsaye.
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She said the office of the accountant-general of the federation had confirmed that there was no approval for the opening of the accounts which were in the ex-HOS’s office’s name.
“Part of what our investigation revealed was that the head of service, Mr Stephen Oronsaye, at that time was operating 66 illegal accounts,” she said.
“They were stealing money from the pension accounts of the head of service of the federation. In total, we were able to establish that N14 billion was stolen from the pension accounts.
“Pension funds would be paid into those accounts after which they would withdraw cash and hand over to the persons who asked them to give the account numbers.”
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