Former Pensions Board Chairman Petitions Nigeria's AGF Over Alleged Fraud

The embattled former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, has petitioned the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, SAN, challenging the criminal charges against him.
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In the petition made available to newsmen on Wednesday, Maina sought a review of the criminal charges filed against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.
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Maina urged Malami to review all the cases involving him to ensure that his prosecution was not malicious.
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“Our client’s prosecution by the EFCC came to a head principally due to his demand that the EFCC should account for the sums and property recovered by the PRTT, and kept in the EFCC’s custody.
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“The petition became necessary as our client was consistently accused by the anti-graft agency of diversion of the funds recovered instead of accounting for the sums and property in its custody,” part of the petition read.
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Maina alleged that a campaign of calumny was launched against him to obfuscate the issues and divert attention from the inability to account for the property recovered by the task force.
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He appealed for a review of the cases on the grounds that he had at all times performed his duties in the best interest of the nation and not his personal interest.
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