EFCC Declares Abdulrasheed Maina Wanted

According to Sahara Reporters, while Oronsaye and two others were in court and pleaded not guilty, Maina had been at large. On July 21, the court heard the bail applications of the accused. Speaking through his counsel, Esther Uzoma, Maina explained that he was not at large because the EFCC had never invited him. Rotimi Jacobs, the EFCC counsel, pleaded with the court to prevail on the accused’s counsel to produce Maina in court as the commission knew nothing about his whereabouts. However, Maina continued to shun court proceedings; therefore, the EFCC had no other option than to declare him wanted. A week ago, the EFCC arrested two bankers with Fidelity Bankfor allegedly aiding Maina, to launder stolen funds. A source familiar with the matter disclosed that the two bankers, Danjuma Zubairu and Abubakar Gwambe, were said to have been managing proxy accounts for Maina who had been charged by the anti-graft commission for stealing billions of naira through a phony biometric exercise alongside Steve Oronsaye, the former head of service of the federation.