Former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, on Thursday morning collapsed in court during his trial.
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting Maina on a 12-count charge bordering on alleged money laundering charges to the tune of N2 billion before a Federal High Court in Abuja.
The former pension boss collapsed at exactly 10:05 am when his counsel, Anayo Adibe, was making submissions before Justice Okon Abang handling his trial.
A loud thud of Maina’s fall drew attention to the dock and Prison officials immediately rushed to him to attend to him.
Before the collapse of the former pension boss, his counsel was praying the court for an adjournment to enable him get record of the proceedings of the court to enable him prepare 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 matter was on Wednesday adjourned till Thursday, December 10, 2020 for the defendant to argue his no-case application and for the prosecution to respond to same orally.