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After Five Years on the Run, DSS Arrests Maina’s Fugitive Son

By Trending9ja Staff • • 3 min read

Faisal Abdulrasheed Maina

The Department of State Services has arrested Faisal Abdulrasheed Maina, son of the former Pension Reform Task Team chairman, who had been on the run since 2020.

He has been handed over to the EFCC. A court had earlier directed the Federal Government to pursue extradition if he was found outside the country.

Sources: Naija News · THISDAY

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