The Nigeria Police Force has extradited Abdulrashid Abdullahi Maina, former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), today, 3rd December, 2020, to Nigeria from Niamey, Niger Republic.
Maina was arrested in Niamey, having been declared wanted by a Nigerian court of competent jurisdiction over a pending criminal trial against him. He jumped bail and disappeared into air and left Senator Ali Ndume who stood Surety for him in a quandary. The trial Judge, the Hon Justice Okon Abang, angry over Maina’s continuous absence, remanded Ndume in Prison. Five days after, he granted him bail for good behaviour, but ordered the seizure of his passport, and asked for him to provide a surety.
According to a release by the Force Spokesperson, DCP Frank Mba, “Abdulrashid Maina was arrested on 30th November, 2020 through the collaborative efforts of the operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, INTERPOL NCB, Abuja and their Nigerien counterpart. The team from INTERPOL Nigeria, led by the Commissioner of Police INTERPOL, CP Garba Umar, having completed the necessary documentation requirements and other extradition processes, flew the wanted former Pension Boss, Maina into Nigeria aboard an NPF Jet 5N-HAR and landed at exactly 1417Hrs (Nigerian Time).
