The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared former Chairman of the Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, Abdulrasheed Abdullahi Maina, wanted over an alleged case of receiving stolen property.
The anti-graft agency announced the development in a wanted notice issued on Wednesday and signed by its Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale.
According to the notice, Maina, 61, is wanted in connection with an alleged case of receiving stolen property. The EFCC urged anyone with information about his whereabouts to contact the commission, the police or other security agencies.
The latest declaration comes as Maina faces a separate ongoing criminal trial over allegations involving ₦738.6 million in stolen funds. He is being prosecuted alongside civil servant Ann Igwe Olachi on a nine-count charge, and both defendants pleaded not guilty.
The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja had earlier expressed frustration over Maina’s repeated absence from the proceedings. In February 2026, Justice Abubakar Kutigi warned that his bail could be revoked because his absence had contributed to delays in the case.
Maina is also a convicted former pension official. In November 2021, the Federal High Court in Abuja convicted him of money laundering offences involving more than ₦2 billion in pension funds and sentenced him to eight years in prison. The Court of Appeal later upheld the conviction and sentence in May 2023.
The Nigerian Correctional Service said Maina was released from custody on February 25, 2025, after qualifying for statutory remission based on his conduct in prison. His eight-year sentence had been calculated from the date of his arrest in October 2019, with the prison service saying the release followed the applicable rules.
The EFCC had previously declared Maina wanted in 2015 over allegations connected to procurement fraud, stealing and money laundering relating to the pension biometric scheme.
However, the commission’s latest notice identifies the present allegation as receiving stolen property. It did not, in the notice, provide detailed information on the property involved or state whether the fresh declaration is directly connected to his previous pension fraud conviction.
The EFCC has asked members of the public with information about Maina’s whereabouts to contact its offices or the nearest police station and other security agencies.
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