Alleged pension scam: How Faisal Maina withdrew N58m from UBA —Witness

An EFCC operative , Mohammed Goji , on
Monday revealed how Faisal Maina , son of
Abdulrasheed Maina , former Pension Reform
Task Team boss , withdrew N58 m from a United
Bank for Africa account .
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that Goji , who
is a Principal Detective Superintendent with the
anti - graft agency, is also the second
prosecution witness (PW2 ) in the ongoing trial
of Faisal .
Goji , a member of the EFCC team that
investigated alleged fraud by Maina , made the
revelation while giving evidence before Justice
Okon Abang of the Federal High Court , Abuja .
He told the court that the total amount
withdrawn by Faisal from the UBA account
with account name : Alhaji Abdullahi Faisal
Farm II ; number: 1018636805 , was
N58 , 101, 585. 02 k .
“ From Exhibit B , there were a number of
withdrawals by the defendant (Faisal ) .
“ The sum of N700, 000 was withdrawn on 18 th
June 2019 ; N300 , 000 was withdrawn on 9 th
July , 2019 ; and again , N150, 000 was also
withdrawn.
“ From Exhibit B , the total withdrawals [from
account bearing ] Alhaji Abdullahi Faisal Farms
II is N58 , 101, 585. 02 k , ” Goji said .
He told the court that the defendant was a co -
signatory to Alhaji Faisal Abdullahi Farm ’ s
bank account .
“ Exhibit A 2 has the defendant’ s driver license ,
and Exhibit A 6 has his name and signature , ” he
added .
He said though Alhaji Abdullahi Faisal Farm is
a registered business name, “ the proprietor is
Alhaji Abdulrasheed Maina and not the
defendant .
“ The C . A . C . registration of the business name of
Exhibit A 9 and A 10 has Abdulrasheed
Abdullahi as the proprietor . ”
The witness also listed some companies in
which Faisal was said to be a shareholder .