N2.1billion Fr@ud: Appeal court upholds Maina’s eight-year sentence

The Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld the conviction and eight-year sentence imposed on the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, for laundering about N2.1billion.

In a judgment on Friday, May 5, a three-member panel of the court unanimously affirmed the November 8, 2021 judgment given by Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, convicting and sentencing Maina.

Justice Justice Elfreda Williams-Daudu, in the lead judgment, also affirmed the various interlocutory rulings delivered in the course of the trial at the Federal High Court, which Maina appealed against.

The judge, who resolved the two issues identified for determination against Maina, held that the appellant was not denied fair hearing by the trial court and that the prosecution proved its case beyond a reasonable doubt.