He was Riina's man, so maybe the boss didn't want him to join the Gambino family like Riina's enemies the Inzerillos and other escapees. After the arrest of Totò Riina (1993) and Leoluca Bagarella (1995), the Inzerillos started to come back to Sicily, at the time, Naimo had been appointed to guarantee the agreement.

In 2005 Naimo made the transfer to the Tommaso Natale-Cardillo family.