Court Lessens Maina’s Bail Conditions

Court Lessens Maina’s Bail Conditions

Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja on Tuesday, January 28, 2020, lessened the conditions of the bail he granted the former chairman, Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina on November 26, 2019, which the defendant has been unable to meet, leading to his continued incarceration in Kuje Correctional Centre, Abuja.

Maina is facing a 12-count anti-money laundering charges from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to the tune of N2.1billion.
It would be recalled that the court on November 26, 2019, admitted Maina to bail in the sum of N500million and two sureties in like sum, adding that the sureties must be serving senators with no criminal matter in any of the courts.
The sureties according to the court must also possess landed or developed property in Asokoro or Maitama.

They must also undertake to always accompany the defendant to court at every sitting and that the bail could be revoked for the absence of any of the sureties without reasonable cause.

Maina’s counsel, Ahmed Raji, SAN, who described the bail conditions as “impracticable” applied for variation of the conditions.

According to the defendant, he had engaged several people including his family members to come up with the sureties, but that every senator approached declined based on the fact that they do not worth N500 million.