The Court of Appeal in Abuja has upheld the conviction and eight-year sentence pronounced on the former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina over laundering about N2.1billion.
In a judgment Friday by a three-member panel of the court unanimously affirmed the November 8, 2021 judgment delivered by Justice Okong Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja, which convicted and subsequently sentenced Maina.
Justice Elfreda Williams-Daudu, in the lead judgment affirmed the various interlocutory rulings delivered in the course of the trial at the Federal High Court, which Maina appealed against.
Justice Williams-Daudu, who resolved the two issues, identified for determination, against Maina, held that he was not denied fair hearing by the trial court and that the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt.
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