The Cable
A federal high court sitting in Abuja, on Tuesday, refused to hear a fresh bail application filed by Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT).
Ahmed Mohammed, the judge, refused to hear the bail application which was moved by David Iorhemba, Maina’s counsel, on grounds that it was contentious.
Andrew Ocholi, counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), opposed the application, saying he had filed a counter-affidavit and a preliminary objection to show that Maina was no longer entitled to bail.
According to NAN, Mohammed, in his ruling, held that the application was contentious and as such could not be heard during the court’s vacation.
The judge returned the case to Okon Abang, who has been the trial judge in the substantive case, to hear the bail application after the court’s vacation.
Maina was arraigned before Okon Abang on October 25, 2019, by the EFCC, alongside his firm, Common Input Property and Investment Limited, on a 12-count charge of money laundering to the tune of N2 billion.
