The prosecutors handling the criminal case of former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, has accused him of scheming to kill them in cold blood.
The prosecution’s allegation was contained in a motion on notice filed by lawyer to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mohammed Abubakar.
It the motion, Abubakar said Maina plotted to assassinate the anti-graft agency witnesses and officials of Nigerian Correctional Services to escape from custody and on that basis, the lawyer asked the court to revoke the bail granted the ex-PRTT boss.
The motion reads in part: “That the first defendant/respondent (Maina), who was granted bail by the court since November 26, 2019 (though he is still in custody), has perfected plans to assassinate prosecution witnesses and counsel in this matter.
“The first defendant/respondent perfected plans to escape from custody and abscond, and in the process assassinate Nigerian Correctional Service officials attached to him. To protect the witnesses, counsel and officers by keeping the first defendant/respondent in custody during the pendency of this criminal matter as well as provide additional/maximum security around him while in custody, pending conclusion of trial”.
The court on January 28, 2020, varied Miana’s bail conditions, following his complaint that he could not meet the terms of the bail granted him on November 26, 2019.
He returned to the court with another application for a further variation of the bail terms on the grounds that he has been unable to get a serving Senator to stand as surety for his release.
Justice Okon Abang adjourned till March 16, 2020.
