Bangladesh, Jan. 30 -- When Abdulrasheed Maina was appointed to lead Nigerias Presidential Task Force on Pension Reforms, he was entrusted with one of the most sensitive mandates in public service: safeguarding the retirement savings of millions of Nigerians. The task force was created to clean up decades of fraud in the pension system, modernize verification processes, and ensure that public funds meant for elderly retirees actually reached their intended beneficiaries. Instead, Mainas tenure became synonymous with one of Nigerias most notorious corruption scandals-one that continues to reverberate years after his conviction.

New reporting has now added another layer to that story. Investigations by journalists from OCCRP, Premium Times...