The former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, on Tuesday, failed to appear in court in his corruption and money laundering charges proffered against him by the federal government.
Though the court had adjourned on Monday to Tuesday to take Maina’s application seeking an abridgment of time to hear his bail application earlier fixed for November 19 and also for continuation of evidence by the prosecution’s first witness. He said the letter was signed by one Idowu Ajayi, a medical officer at the Correctional Service Centre.
“And he wondered why he should not look at him since he was not the only one that appeared before the court that day,” Maina’s counsel, Joe Gadzama had said. Reacting, a lawyer in Maina’s legal team, Francis Oronsanye, prayed the court to adjourn the matter till next week when he believed Maina would have fully recuperated to stand trial.
He submitted that since the letter did not say specifically when Maina would be disposed, adding that since trial was earlier fixed for November 4, 5, 6 and 7, the court can vacate the sitting of November 6 and resume on November 7.
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