DSS Arrests Faisal Maina, Transfers Him to EFCC
The Department of State Services (DSS) arrested Faisal Maina, the son of Abdulrasheed Maina, the former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, and handed him over to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). His arrest occurred in the Karsana area of Abuja after credible intelligence indicated that he had secretly returned to Nigeria.
Faisal had been evading capture since 2020 when the EFCC charged him with money laundering. In October 2021, the Federal High Court in Abuja convicted him on money laundering charges, sentencing him to 14 years in prison.
The court found that he operated a fictitious bank account with United Bank for Africa (UBA), through which N58.1 million was laundered. In November 2022, the Court of Appeal upheld his conviction but reduced his sentence to seven years.
His father, Abdulrasheed Maina, previously served an eight-year sentence for laundering N2 billion in pension funds and was released earlier in 2026 but was later declared wanted for receiving stolen property.
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