A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has dismissed the bail variation filed by the former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, ABDULRASHEED MAINA. 

Justice OKON ABANG dismissed the application at the court following his failure to meet the bail condition.

MAINA who is standing trial for alleged money laundering urged the court to drop the said conditions which he described as excessive and stringent.

At the hearing of the bail variation application filed by Maina on December 6, 2019, the defendant’s lawyer, AFAM OSIGWE, said while his client had met other conditions, it had been impossible for him to get senators to serve as the sureties.

The court later varied the bail condition granted MAINA to one serving Senator or member of House of Representative or a Director in the Federal Civil Service who must attend all proceedings.

The former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team is being tried by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over an alleged 2 billion naira fraud.