Nigeria, Feb. 6 -- The trial of Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, continued on Thursday with trial judge Abubakar Kutigi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, threatening to revoke his bail over persistent delay tactics.

Mr Maina, a money laundering ex-convict, is standing trial alongside Ann Igwe Olachi on nine counts of receipt of stolen funds to the tune of N738.6 million.

Mr Kutigi expressed frustration after Mr Maina's lawyer presented a hospital referral letter in court and sought an adjournment, even though the document did not indicate any illness.

The judge lamented that the case had made no progress in four years due to what he described as the defendant's "diverse an...