Faisal was declared wanted by the Federal High Court in Abuja after he jumped bail since June 24. Faisal, son of the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, has been arrested.
The Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, confirmed to the court on Thursday that
Faisal was apprehended by security operatives on Wednesday night.
Faisal is
facing a three-count money laundering charge the anti-graft agency preferred
against him.
At the
resumed hearing on Thursday, counsel to the surety, Mr. M. E. Sheriff, urged
the court to suspend the hearing of the forfeiture case against his client
given the arrest of the Defendant.
He said: “My
lord, I was reliably informed that the Defendant had been arrested. He was
arrested last night, and he is in custody”.
However, EFCC’s
lawyer, Mr. Farouk Abdullah, told the court that the Defendant is not in their
custody yet.
“We got
information unofficially that he has been arrested”, the Prosecution counsel
added.
In his
ruling, Justice Abang dismissed the adjournment request and ordered the surety
to move the application he filed to show cause why he should not forfeit the
bail bond to FG
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