The federal government has resolved to
trace the whereabouts of the over N1.3trillion said to have been recovered from
treasury looters by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
Also
to be investigated is the whereabouts of the N80billion and assets seized from
corrupt public officers by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related
Offences and Commission (ICPC) and Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT).
It
has consequently raised three committees to find the money.
The
committees were constituted by the Attorney- General of the Federation and
Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami (SAN), The Nation gathered yesterday.
Specifically,
the panels will find out what became of the assets and cash
recovered from the late Bayelsa State Governor, Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha,
one time Inspector-General of P The International Police Organisation
(INTERPOL) recently issued a Red Alert on the former Chairman of the Pension
Reform Task Team, Mr. Abdulrasheed Maina, giving the relevant security agencies
to arrest Maina in any part of the world.
The
Head of Media and Publicity of EFCC, Mr.Wilson Uwujaren, said Maina was wanted
for his alleged role in the fraudulent biometric contracts through which he and
former Head of Service, Steve Oronsaye and two others allegedly mismanaged over
N2billion of pension funds.
Maina
was on July 21, 2015 charged alongside Oronsaye, Osarenkhoe Afe and Fredrick
Hamilton Global Services Limited before a Federal High Court on a 24-count
charge bordering on procurement fraud and obtaining by false pretence.
While
Oronsaye and two others were in court and pleaded not guilty to the charge,
Maina is nowhere to be found.
However,
on July 21 when the court heard the bail applications of the accused persons,
Maina through his counsel, Esther Uzoma told the court that he was not at
large, claiming that the EFCC had never invited him.
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