Ndume withdraws himself as Maina surety
Senator Ali Ndume has disclosed that he can no longer stand as a surety for the former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, because it is now very clear that Maina can not be trusted. He said he would direct his legal representatives to start the procedure of terminating the surety bond he contracted for Maina.
Ndume, who is representing Borno South Senatorial District in the Senate, stood as surety for Maina who is from his constituency, because part of the bail conditions, demanded among others, that Maina should produce a serving senator as his surety. Maina disappeared after he was granted bail on November 26, 2019.
The judge subsequently remanded Ndume in the Kuje Correctional Centre following his inability to produce Maina when the case came up for hearing. Ndume was latter granted bail, after some legal battles, on self recognition.
Maina was arrested in Niamey, Niger Republic, on 30th November, 2020 through the collaborative efforts of the operatives of the Nigeria Police Force, INTERPOL NCB, Abuja and their Nigerien counterpart, after he was declared wanted by Justice Abang of the Federal High Court Abuja for jumping bail.
Reacting to the development in an interview with journalists in Abuja on Friday, Ndume commended the Inspector-General of Police (Mohammed Adamu) and other security personnel that were involved in the arrest and extradition of Maina.
He said, “I commend the Nigeria Police Force for executing the bench warrant issued on Maina by the Federal High Court in Abuja. With the successful arrest, extradition and subsequent remand of Maina at the Kuje Correctional Centre, I will proceed to direct my legal team to begin the process of withdrawing my suretyship for Maina with immediate effect because his action has shown that he is not trustworthy.”
“Considering the circumstances I found myself at that time, I have no regrets standing surety for him, but it is not fair to always ask a serving senator to stand surety for every high profile personality accused of a crime, who hails from his constituency.”
“I stood surety for Maina because the bail condition stated that only a serving senator could bail him. Because his offence was bailable and he is constitutionally considered innocent until convicted by the court and as a politically exposed person, my hands were tied, but now that he jumped bail, my hand is now free.”
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