Also the Court of Appeal in Abuja, has upheld the conviction of Faisal, the son of the jailed ex-Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Taskforce Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina, for conspiracy and money laundering.
In a judgement , a three-member panel of the appellate court however reduced his term of imprisonment from 14 years to seven years on the grounds that he is a first- time offender.
In the lead judgement by Justice Ugochukwu Anthony Ogakwu, the court held that Justice Okon Abang of the Federal High Court, Abuja was right to have convicted Faisal.
