The International Criminal Police Organization, ICPO-INTERPOL has issued a red alert for the arrest of the chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, PRTT, Abdulrasheed Maina who is currently wanted by the EFCC for his alleged role in a N28.8b fraud.
The Interpol issued the warrant through its headquarters in France and communicated the action to the EFCC through a three paragraph letter dated January 11th, 2016 and addressed to its chairman.
According to a reliable EFCC source, the warrant makes it possible for security agencies anywhere in the world to arrest the suspect
“The INTERPOL has issued a world-wide red alert on Maina. The notice is based on a request from the EFCC, which on November 18, 2015, wrote to the Inspector-General of Police, Solomon Arase, seeking his assistance “to issue an INTERPOL Red Alert” on Maina,who was charged to the Federal High Court on July 10, 2015.
“n a response to the anti-graft agency’s request, Olusola Subair, Commissioner of Police, INTERPOL, in a letter dated January 11, 2016, addressed to the Chairman, EFCC, Ibrahim Magu, informed the agency that its request had been processed and a notice duly issued by the INTERPOL."
The letter reads in part ;
“Be informed that the bureau has taken necessary action on the wanted fugitive as requested with INTERPOL General Secretariat, Lyon, France. He has been published on the INTERPOL Red Notice accordingly.”
Maina has been out of public view since 2013 when he was indicted by the Senate Committee on Pension Matters. He was fingered by the committee in the theft of recovered pension funds to the tune of N28.8 billion.
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