EFCC Kicks Against Judgement On Maina, Vows To Appeal

EFCC Kicks Against Judgement On Maina, Vows To Appeal

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has kicked
against the judgemnet of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja, in
which Justice Folasade Giwa Ogunbanjo restrained the Commission from
declaring the Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Malam
Abudulrasheed Maina, wanted, as well as gave an order of perpetual
injunction, restraining the EFCC and its affiliates or related bodies
from further declaring Maina wanted in relation to the issue of the
pension scam.

In a statement released last night, the Commission says it will be
appealing the judgement as such a pronouncement amounts to a clog on the
wheels of our operations in execution of our statutory duties.

The judgment must not be allowed to stand because it is not only a
miscarriage of justice but grossly inimical to the culture of
corrupt-free society which the Commission is striving so hard to
enthrone. We will therefore, appeal the judgement. We further wish to
state that we will not relent to do all that is required within the
ambit of the law in our avowed commitment to bring every Nigerian with
ill-gotten wealth to justice.

The EFCC had in 2017, declared Maina wanted, following his refusal to honour the Commission’s invitations.

But in his bid to evade the long arm of the law, Maina, on September
5, 2018, in a suit no: FHC/ABJ/CS/957/2918, asked the court to decide
whether the Commission can lawfully exercise powers of declaring him
wanted, either on its official website or any other media platform, or
“harass him.”the statement read