Justice Okon Abang of the Federal
High Court, Abuja, on Thursday, stepped down proceedings in the continuation of
trial of Abdulrasheed Maina, Chairman, defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTM),
over his failing health.
Justice Abang, who made the
remark, said the order was to allow Maina, who was in court take his
medication.
The development began a few
minutes after the commencement of the proceeding.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
observed that when the matter was called, Maina, who was sitting with families
and officers of the Nigerian Correctional Services, was assisted up by two of
the officers, so as to be taken to the dock by his counsel, Francis Oronsaye,
However, the judge order that he
should be left to sit where he was.
When the proceeding started, the
attention of the judge was brought to Maina’s deteriorating health condition by
Oronsaye.
“My Lord, my client is bleeding
and I will seek your indulgence to allow him take his medication,” he said.
Justice Abang, therefore, granted
the request and stepped down for 20 minutes
At the last adjourned date, November 7, Maina had appeared in court on a
wheelchair following alleged health complications.
Maina who was in court alongside
his son Faisal is charged with 12 counts bordering on money laundering,
operating fictitious bank accounts and fraud.
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ReplyDeleteThey should recover the poor civil servant money from him before he bleed to death...…wicked soul. Wicked shall perish
ReplyDeleteEveryday, the pensioners are crying and some even died at the point of protesting for their pension payment but he(Maina) embezzled the life work hard benefit.