Abdulrasheed Maina released from prison - NAN

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The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has today, disclosed that the ex-chairman of Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, has been released from Kuje Prison, nine months after his detention. 

Mr. Maina was on the 25th day of October, 2019 arraigned before Hon. Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, by the Economics and Financial Crimes Commission, with his son Fasai, and his firm, Common Input Property and Investment Ltd. They have been in detention since the date of arraignment. 

Maina's attorney, Adeola Adedipe, during a telephone conversation with the News Agency of Nigeria on Tuesday, confirmed that Maina was released on Monday, after completing the necessary documents for his release. 

"It was already late last week Friday so the now have a new timeline shifted at 6'Oclock. We went there and everything was done", stated Adedipe. 

"We can only thank God and this is good for us because we will now have time to prepare for his defence; we will now have good conferencing on the matter. 

"We will have a better perspective of what the case is all about. And this will also allow him to treat himself, you know he has been very ill, in order to stand the trial", he concluded. 

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