The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, who was recently convicted and sentenced by the Federal High Court, Abuja, for financial misappropriation.
According to Channels Television, the EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, confirmed that Mamman was arrested on Tuesday around 3:30 am.
Olukoyede confirmed that the former minister was arrested in Kaduna, along with two others who were protecting him.
The EFCC boss stated that the house where he was arrested is currently being investigated.
GISTSMATE MEDIA earlier reported that the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja sentenced former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, to 75 years in prison for stealing public funds totalling about ₦33.8 billion.
The court, in the judgment delivered last week by Justice James Omotosho, convicted and sentenced him on all 12 counts of fraud and money laundering charges preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
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👉 JOIN GISTSMATE WHATSAPP CHANNELWhereas he was handed seven years each on 10 counts of the charge, the court jailed him for three years and two years on counts four and five of the charge.
Justice Omotosho held that the sentence should run consecutively without the option of fine except on count four which he allowed the payment of N10 million fine.
Furthermore, 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.
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