Court orders Maina’s son to begin seven-year jail term
Written by Rita Okaba on November 12, 2026
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Thursday ordered the remand of Faisal Maina, son of former Pension Reform Task Team chairman, Abdulrasheed Maina, to a correctional centre to serve his jail term for money laundering.
Justice James Omotosho made the order after granting an ex parte application filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission seeking a warrant for Faisal’s commitment to the Nigeria Correctional Service.
The EFCC had asked the court to enforce the conviction and sentence imposed on Faisal for money laundering and failure to fully disclose his assets in a declaration form.
The commission also requested that his prison term should commence from October 14, 2026, when he was rearrested by the Department of State Services in the Karsana area of Abuja.
After the EFCC counsel, M.K. Hussain, moved the application, Omotosho granted the reliefs sought and issued the committal warrant.
The judge directed that Faisal should serve three years’ imprisonment on count one, seven years on count two and three years on count three, in accordance with the Court of Appeal’s judgment of November 24, 2022.
