By Aiyeku Timothy
Former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina on Thursday, collapsed in court during his trial.
Maina is facing a 12-count charge of alleged money laundering to a tune of N2 billion by the Federal Government before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja
The sitting had already begun when the former pension boss collapsed at exactly 10:05 am.
At that time, his counsel, Anayo Adibe was making submissions before Justice Okon Abang handling his trial.
His counsel was praying the court for an adjournment to help get a ecord of the proceedings of the court for the no-case submission he intends to file on behalf of his client.
The court had to rise abruptly to enable officials of the Correctional Service and relations of the former pension boss to attend to him.
The state of Maina’s health is yet to be ascertained as there are no statements from officials of the Correctional Service or his lawyers at the time of filing this report
The case had on Wednesday adjourned till today, December 10, 2020, for the defendant to argue his no-case application and for the prosecution to respond to the same orally.
