Chairman, Senate Committee on the Army, Senator Ali Ndume, has announced that he is withdrawing from being a surety for former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Force Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, who is currently undergoing trial for alleged money laundering of N2 billion.
Ndume, senator representing Borno south,stood as surety for Maina who is standing trial at a federal high court in Abuja.
Maina, however, jumped bail, went into hiding in September and subsequently left the country.
The court remanded Ndume in prison when Maina refused to appear in court but the senator was granted bail five days after on the grounds that he has a record of “good behaviour”.
Maina was later arrested in Niger Republic and extradited to Nigeria. On Friday, the court ordered that Maina be remanded at Kuje correctional centre until the end of his trial.
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Reacting to the development in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Friday, Ndume commended the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu and other security personnel that were involved in the arrest and extradition of Maina.
He expressed;
I commend the Nigeria Police Force for executing the bench warrant issued on Maina by the federal high court in Abuja.
This has shown that the NPF is not a write-off. They are professionals under the able leadership of the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu.
In addition, he said he would direct his legal team to begin the process of terminating the surety bond he signed for Maina because, according to him, the former pension boss could not be trusted.
The Senator stated;
With the successful arrest, extradition and subsequent remand of Maina at the Kuje Correctional Centre, I will proceed to direct my legal team to begin the process of withdrawing my suretyship for Maina with immediate effect because his action has shown that he is not trustworthy.
