Court Remands Maina to remain in prison till..

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday ordered the remand of a former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team, Abulrasheed Maina , in prison , till the end of his trial.

Justice Okon Abang made the order following an application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission ’ s prosecution counsel , Mr Mohammed Abubakar.

Maina who is being prosecuted by the EFCC on N2 billion money laundering charges had jumped bail and fled to the Republic of Niger .

But he was produced in court for the first time on Friday following his extradition to Nigeria earlier on Thursday .

Ruling on the EFCC’ s application for a remand order , Justice Abang said, “ The defendant is already on bench warrant having jumped bail .