Faisal Abdulrasheed Maina, the son of Abdulrasheed Maina who is a former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team will now be in Kuje correctional facility after weeks in the custody of the Nigeria Police.
It was on a day a Prosecution witness, Fatima Abdullahi, younger sister of Mr Abdulrasheed Maina who is standing trial for money laundering and other offenses distanced herself from accounts said to have been opened in her name.
Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court in Abuja ordered his transfer on Wednesday at the request of Faisal’s lawyer, Mohammed Monguno, who made an application to that effect.
Faisal was arraigned on October 25 on a three-count of money laundering and illegal operation of an account.
He was, however, granted bail in the sum of N60 million on November 26.
Meanwhile, the trial of Abdulrasheed Maina also continued at the Federal High Court in Abuja.
A prosecution witness, Fatima Abdullahi, told the court that she was not aware of the companies and bank accounts opened in her name by the defendant.
Mrs Fatima, the younger sister to Maina and a civil servant, gave her testimony behind a screen where her face could only be seen by the judge.
She informed the court that she shared the same parents with the defendants and became aware of the companies registered in her name only when she was arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in Kaduna State.
In his ruling, Justice Abang adjourned the case until December 16 for the continuation of the cross-examination.
He also adjourned till that date for the hearing of Maina’s bail variation application.
Maina is being prosecuted by the EFCC on 12 counts of money laundering, operating fictitious accounts, and other fraudulent activities.
Mrs Fatima, a civil servant who is a resident of Kaduna, told the court that she and Maina share the same parents.
She gave evidence behind a screen where her face was only seen by the judge, Justice Okon Abang, while her voice could be heard through the public address system of the court.
In her evidence in chief, the witness said she has never heard of a company called Common Input & Investment Nigeria Ltd.
She gave the narrative of how she found out about the company, sometime in August, 2019 when she tried to withdraw money from an ATM of a commercial bank and it declined and on enquiring from the bank manager, she was handed over to the EFCC for questioning.
She also told the court that it was the EFCC that told her of a company account registered in her name where huge sums of money have been withdrawn.
The witness also told the court that the EFCC showed her a CAC incorporation form of the company where the name ‘Fatima Samaila Abdullahi’ was stated together with her date of birth, but the phone number on the form was not her own.
Adding that the name as stated on the form is not her name, as her full name is ‘Fatima Abdullahi’.
The witness continued her evidence stating that even her signature was not the one on the form, as well as the one on another CAC form for Kangolo Digital and Drew Investment.
Mrs Fatima also denied knowledge of shares bought in her name in the companies, adding that the photograph attached to the documents was a younger version of her before she got married.
Meanwhile, the case has been adjourned to December 16 for cross examination and hearing of the bail variation application filed by Mr Maina.
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