N33.8bn fraud: Court jails ex-Power Minister, Mamman 75 years
* Orders seizure of his property, refund of N22bn project funds A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, yesterday, sentenced a former Minister of Power, Mr. Saleh Mamman, to 75 years in prison for stealing public funds totalling about N33.8 billion. Trial judge, Justice James Omotosho, convicted and sentenced him on all the 12-count fraud and money laundering charge preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Mamman was handed seven years each on 10 counts of the charge, three years and two years on counts four and five of the charge. Justice Omotosho held that the sentence should run consecutively without option of fine except on count four, which he allowed the payment of N10 million fine. The court ordered the forfeiture of various foreign currencies that were recovered from the convict, as well as four choice property in Abuja that were traced to him. The court directed the convict to pay back to the national treasury the sum ...