Faisal Maina, the son of former pension reform chief Abdulrasheed Maina, has been remanded to a correctional facility to serve a seven-year prison sentence following a ruling by Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja.
The judge’s decision came after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) filed an ex parte application seeking his commitment to prison to enforce a previous conviction related to money laundering and failure to fully disclose assets.
Faisal was apprehended on October 14, 2026, in Abuja after evading court appearances for approximately six years. The EFCC requested that his sentence commence from the date of his re-arrest.
Justice Omotosho granted the EFCC’s application, which outlined that Faisal should serve concurrent sentences of three years on the first and third counts and seven years on the second count, as stipulated by the Court of Appeal’s ruling from November 24, 2022. The legal proceedings against Faisal began in 2019 on three counts related to financial misconduct. After initially pleading not guilty, he fled prior to the conclusion of the trial, during which he was convicted in his absence on October 7, 2021.
The court had previously sentenced Faisal to a total of 19 years, which was later reduced by the appellate court. His father, Abdulrasheed Maina, had also faced legal consequences in a separate money laundering case involving significant financial irregularities.
