Crime & Court

Ex-Power Minister, Sale Mamman arrested over N22bn fraud

 

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested a former Minister of Power, Sale Mamman over alleged N22bn fraud.

Sources revealed that the former minister was arrested early Wednesday and was subsequently detained at the headquarters of the commission.

The arrest, as learnt, is said to be in connection with the Commission’s ongoing investigation into alleged corruption in the execution of some power projects.

Mamman is alleged to have conspired with a staff of the Ministry in charge of the accounts of the Zungeru and Mambilla Hydro Electric Power projects and diverted N22 billion, which they shared among themselves.

The investigations have also uncovered properties in Nigeria and overseas linked to the suspects, while millions of naira and United States Dollars have been recovered.

Taraba-born Mamman, who was appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari in August 2019, was dismissed exactly two years in 2021.

 

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