The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested two top managers of a commercial bank in Abuja for their roles in laundering N2.8b pension fund linked to the former Chairman of Pension Reform Task Team, PRTT, Abdulrasheed Maina.
Maina has been at large since the EFCC charged him, alongside former Head of Service of the Federation, Steve Oronsaye with stealing billions of naira of pension funds through a phony biometric exercise.
The two bankers, Danjuma Zubairu, group head, private banking and Abubarkar Gwambe, an account officer, in the Abuja Central Business District business unit of the bank, were arrested by the EFCC on Thursday on suspicions of running proxy accounts for Maina.
A document on the preliminary investigation by the EFCC said that ;
"The accounts, which have over time witnessed massive inflow of slush funds include two corporate and three individual accounts.
"The first individual account opened in the name of Abdullahi Faizer, had a turnover of N1.5billion while the other operated in the name of Nafisatu Aliyu recorded a turnover of over N100 million.
"The corporate accounts of Cluster Logistics had a turnover of N500million and $400,000 USD. Drew Investment and Construction and Kongolo Dynamics Cleaning Limited recorded turnovers of N54 million and N509 million respectively.
"All five accounts have different opening packages. Four of the accounts were allegedly opened by one Khalid Aliyu, a relation of Maina, who was an employee of the bank. The said Khalil is currently at large. But investigation established that Abdulrasheed Maina is the one operating the accounts."
Reliable EFCC sources revealed that detailed analyses of telephone conversations, text messages and email communications established the connection between Maina, the bankers and the accounts.
It was also disclosed that the money was mostly moved through bureau de change operators to Maina in his hideout which is suspected to be the United Arab Emirates.
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