Faisal Maina, fleeing son of Abdulrasheed Maina,an embattled former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), has been rearrested.

Faisal is standing trial, alongside his father, for alleged money laundering.

He is being accused of operating accounts that were used to make illegal transactions worth N58 million.

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During the hearing on Thursday, December 10, Farouk Abdullah, counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), told the court that the 21-year-old Faisal, who jumped bail since June 24, was apprehended by security operatives on Wednesday night.

The presiding judge, Justice Okon Abang, had on November 24, issued a warrant of arrest against Faisal after the defendant jumped bail.

Justice Abang also issued a summon on Faisal’s surety, Rep. Sani Umar Dan-Galadima, who represents Kaura Namoda Federal Constituency of Zamfara, to appear before the court.

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The court also ordered that the trial would continue in the absence of the defendant.

At the court session on Thursday, M. E. Sheriff, counsel to Dan-Galadima, prayed the court to suspend hearing of the forfeiture case against his client adding that there is information that the defendant has been arrested.

“My lord, I was reliably informed that the defendant had been arrested. He was arrested last night and he is in custody,” he said.

Responding, the prosecution counsel said the commission has also received “unofficial” information of Faisal’s arrest.

“He is not in our custody yet, but we got information unofficially that he has been arrested,” he said.

Anayo Adibe who announced legal appearance for the defendant also applied for an adjournment “to allow the court to ascertain the authenticity or otherwise of the Defendant’s status”.

However, the judge dismissed the application and ordered the surety to make his case.

It would be recalled that his father, Maina, who is facing a separate 12-count money laundering charge, also jumped bail and was later apprehended in Niger Republic by operatives of the Nigerian Intelligence Agency and the Niger Republic Intelligence Service on December 1.

The EFCC had accused Maina of using the account of a firm identified as Common Input Properties & Investment Limited to launder about N2 billion, part of which he used to acquire properties in Abuja.

Maina was extradited to Nigeria after his arrest in Niger Republic on Monday. Subsequently, the court ruled that he would remain in prison throughout his trial.

On Thursday, Eons Intelligence reported that the former PRTT chairman collapsed inside the court during his trial.