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Message: [QUOTE="Queen, post: 85023, member: 27"] A jailed pension scammer popped back up, snagged a lawyer award, and started pointing fingers, acting like the system owes him an apology. What just happened in Abuja [LIST] [*]Yeah, somehow, Abdulrasheed Maina showed up smiling at a Nigerian Bar Association Garki Branch event. [*]The same guy convicted over N2 billion taken from pensioners walked away with a Rule of Law and Courage Award. [*]The scene went down on Jimmy Carter Street in Asokoro, Abuja, with Maina rocking a muffler, calling him Patron. [/LIST] Maina flips the script on Malami [LIST] [*]Instead of keeping a low profile, Maina aimed straight at Abubakar Malami. [*]He basically said the government barely scratched the surface and left serious money on the table. [*]From his angle, Malami deserves another hard look because, in his words, the real cash trail runs deeper. [/LIST] About Malami’s legal mess [LIST] [*]Malami, alongside his wife and son, is already in court over money laundering claims. [*]The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission dragged the case into the open. [*]Detention at Kuje Correctional Centre happened, bail followed, then a rearrest by the State Security Service. [/LIST] Maina says he is the wrong villain [LIST] [*]He claimed powerful figures from the last administration set him up. [*]According to him, his bail jump story involved a government aircraft, medical travel, and the Niger Republic. [*]He insisted this administration would never let that kind of chaos slide. [/LIST] Why was Maina famous in the first place [LIST] [*]Back in 2010, under Goodluck Jonathan, Maina was tasked with fixing a rotten pension system. [*]His job covered biometric checks meant to wipe out ghost pensioners. [*]Instead, investigators say billions vanished through fake contracts and shell accounts. [/LIST] How the fraud allegedly worked [LIST] [*]Prosecutors said Maina opened accounts under made-up identities. [*]Relatives who worked as bankers allegedly helped keep the money flowing. [*]Even his siblings took the stand, explaining how their details were used without consent. [*]Common Input Property and Investment Ltd went down with him and was ordered shut. [/LIST] Banks and the money trail [LIST] [*]Nigerian banks were dragged into the narrative. [*]United Bank for Africa and Fidelity Bank Plc were flagged as routes through which the cash passed. [*]The end result was pensioners getting fleeced while balances quietly ballooned. [/LIST] Arrest, conviction, and sentencing [LIST] [*]Maina fled Nigeria in 2013 and landed on an EFCC wanted list. [*]After an Interpol alert, the Niger Republic handed him back. [*]In 2021, he got eight years for laundering pension funds. [*]Judge Okon Abang called the case morally ugly and spoke about pensioners dying while waiting for benefits. [/LIST] Family fallout [LIST] [*]His son, Faisal Maina, later got a 14-year sentence upheld on appeal. [*]Maina argued his kid was targeted for who his father is, not for personal actions. [*]He even claimed his son survived a shooting and detention afterward. [/LIST] The prison exit mystery [LIST] [*]Nobody publicly marked when Maina left custody. [*]Associates said his sentence wrapped quietly, and he returned home around February 2025. [*]That NBA event looked like his first real public reappearance. [/LIST] The whistleblower claims [LIST] [*]Maina said officials met him in Abu Dhabi in 2017. [*]He claimed a whistleblower deal promised him a cut for helping recover massive sums. [*]According to him, trillions were recovered, assets seized, and his share never paid. [*]When he asked where recovered properties ended up, he said threats followed. [/LIST] Where he stands now [LIST] [*]At the event, Maina flatly denied wrongdoing. [*]He painted himself as a hunter of stolen funds, not a thief. [*]The big question hanging in the air is why a convicted pension fraudster is lecturing lawyers about accountability. [/LIST] [/QUOTE]

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