Maina’s 20-year-old son pulled out a gun during his father’s arrest – DSS claim

The operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have claimed that the reason they arrested former chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team (PRTT), Abdulrasheed Maina and his son is because the 20-year-old pulled out a gun during the arrest of his father.

Spokesman of the agency, Peter Afunanya, who confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Wednesday, September 2, said Maina’s son attempted to open fire on the DSS operatives involved in the operation.

He said: “the lad even pulled a pistol against the security agents involved in the operation. He was, however, disarmed and arrested,” he said

Maina’s son was identified as Faisal Abdulrasheed Maina, a final year student at the Canadian University of Dubai where he is studying Telecoms Engineering.

Afunanya said they stormed the Pennsylvania Avenue Hotel in Abuja to arrest Maina following a request by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to the Service to assist in apprehending the suspect.

He said the items recovered from the suspects include a pistol with live ammunition, a bullet proof Range Rover SUV, a BMW Saloon car, foreign currencies, a phantom 7 drone and sensitive documents.

He said the suspects and the recovered items will be handed over to the EFCC for further investigations and appropriate necessary actions.

Afunanya said it is instructive to note that the operation is as a result of a renewed inter-agency collaboration among security and law enforcement agencies.

He said the Service has always subscribed to such collaboration believed to be important in national security management and therefore, hopes to sustain the initiative in mitigating the current threats against public safety and national critical assets.