EFCC arrests Ex-Power Minister, Sale Mamman over N22bn fraud

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Sale Mamman

A former Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, was yesterday arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Competent sources told THISDAY that the former minister was taken into custody at the headquarters of the commission following his arrest in the early hours of yesterday, May 10, 2023.

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

Specifically, Mamman is alleged to have conspired with 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 amongst themselves.

THISDAY gathered that the investigations also uncovered properties in Nigeria and overseas linked to the suspects while millions of naira and United States dollars were recovered.

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