The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has again declared former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina, wanted over an alleged case of receiving stolen property. The commission announced the development in a public notice issued on Wednesday and signed by its Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale. 

Maina, 61, is an indigene of Biu Local Government Area of Borno State. The EFCC appealed to anyone with information about his whereabouts to contact its offices in Abuja, Lagos, Ibadan, Uyo, Sokoto, Maiduguri, Benin, Makurdi, Kaduna, Ilorin, Enugu, Kano, Gombe and Port Harcourt, or the nearest police station or other security agency.

The latest wanted notice comes against the background of Maina’s previous legal troubles involving alleged pension-related financial offences. He was previously declared wanted after failing to appear for trial and was later arrested in Niger Republic and returned to Nigeria. In November 2021, a Federal High Court in Abuja convicted him of money-laundering offences and sentenced him to eight years in prison.

However, the EFCC’s latest notice did not provide details about the alleged stolen property, when the alleged offence occurred, or whether the new case is directly connected to his previous conviction. Maina’s latest legal status will therefore depend on further information from the commission or subsequent court proceedings.