The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will again re-arraign Abdulrasheed Maina on a fresh nine-count charge of N738m fraud, SaharaReporters has learnt.According to the charge sheet seen by SaharaReporters, Maina was accused of receiving stolen property, an offence punishable under Section 317 of the Penal Code Act, Cap 532, vol. 4, Laws of the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria, 2007.
Count four stated, “That you Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina and Igwe Ann Olachi between August, 2010 and December, 2010 in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court dishonestly received the sum of N30,056,000 from the proprietors of Fatidek Ventures through one Salami Kareem Adesokan knowing that the said money was stolen from the Federal Government of Nigeria under the guise of contract for biometric enrolment of pensioners.
Count seven, “That you Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina and Igwe Ann Olachi between December, 2010 and January, 2011 in Abuja, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court dishonestly received an aggregate sum of N136,200,000 from one Ibrahim Abdulkarim knowing that the said money was stolen from the Federal Government of Nigeria under the guise of payment of allowances.
Maina is currently facing a 12-count bordering on money laundering, operating fictitious bank accounts and fraud.A former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Maina was arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services at a hotel in Abuja after allegedly sneaking into the country from Dubai, United Arab Emirates, following a four-year hunt for him.