The Nigeria Police Force has extradited the Former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, to Nigeria from Niamey, Niger Republic, where he was arrested having been declared wanted by a court of competent jurisdiction over a pending criminal trial against him. .
He was received by men of the Nigeria Police Force at Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport on Thursday
Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Frank Mba, confirmed the extradition in a statement issued in Abuja on Thursday.
Maina was arrested on 30th November, 2020 through the collaborative efforts of the operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, INTERPOL NCB, Abuja and their Nigerien counterpart. The team from INTERPOL Nigeria, led by the Commissioner of Police INTERPOL, CP Garba Umar, having completed the necessary documentation requirements and other extradition processes, flew the wanted former Pension Boss, Maina into Nigeria aboard an NPF Jet 5N-HAR and landed at exactly 1417Hrs (Nigerian Time).
