Breaking: Court Orders Arrest Of Maina’s Son, Faisal, Revokes His Bail |The Source

By Akinwale Kasali

The Federal High Court, Kuje, Abuja, has ordered the immediate arrest of Faisal, son of  former Pension Boss, Abdulrasheed Maina.

The Court revoked the bail granted Faisal, just as his father’s was revoked.  Both are now under a bench warrant for arrest.

Faisal, like his father,  is  being tried for money laundering related offence by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before the court.

Ruling on Tuesday, Justice Okon Abang granted an oral application by the prosecuting lawyer, Mohamed Abubakar, for the revocation of Faisal’s bail and ordering his arrest for failing to turn up for his trial.

Abubakar had noted that Faisal has failed to attend court to stand trial, as against the undertaking by his surety, Umar Sani Dan Galadima, (Kaura Namoda Federal Constituency of Zamfara State) that he would always attend court.

Justice Abang also granted Abubakar’s request the summons be issued on Sani Dan Galadima to show cause why he should not forfeit the N60million bail bond he undertook to forfeit should Faisal jumps bail.

The judge ordered the lawmaker to attend court on Wednesday (November 25) to show cause, failing which an arrest order shall be made against him.

Senator Ali Ndume, who stoof surety for the senior Maina, was on Monday committed  to prison because Maina Senior, for whom he stood for bail, absconded, his whreabouts, unknown. The trial Judge asked him to forfeit his Asokoro house to tne FG, or pay in the sum of N500m to the Government Treasury.

He would be released if he does any of them, or even produce Maina.

Galadima may suffer the same fate, unless Faisal is in Court on Wednesday.

Faisal was first arrested alongside his father, a year ago after allegedly pulling out a gun to stop the operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) from arresting his father, who is now standing trial for fraud  activities he allegedly committed while serving as Chairman of the now defunct Pension Reform Task Team.