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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday arrested a former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman.
Mamman, who has remained in hiding even after being sentenced to 75 years in prison, was arrested in Rigasa, Kaduna State.

Ola Olukoyede, the chairman of the anti-graft agency, who disclosed this to journalists during a press briefing in Abuja, explained that he was arrested at about 3:30am.

Daily Trust reports that a Federal High Court in Abuja had last week sentenced Mamman to 75 years in prison in absentia, a few days after he was convicted.

Justice Omotosho convicted him of all 12-count charges, which bordered on money laundering and fraud amounting to N33.8 billion, connected to the diversion of funds from the Mambilla and Zungeru hydropower projects.


Olukoyede revealed that Mamman was nabbed alongside two others who were protecting him, adding that the house where he was arrested is currently being investigated.
“I’m happy to announce to Nigerians that at about 3:30 a.m. this morning, we arrested Mr Saleh Mamman.

“This is a test of the commitment of the Federal Government of Nigeria to the fight against corruption in Nigeria and to assure Nigerians that anyone who has dipped into government or national resources will not go unpunished.
“The eagle eye of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission will always catch up with you wherever you are hiding,” Olukoyede said.

After the briefing, Daily Trust’s further findings revealed that Mamman was nabbed after he was tracked to the location in Kaduna, where he was being protected.
A high-placed source confided in our correspondent that the former minister continued to change his phone and use different SIMs, a development that made the tracking difficult before he was finally arrested.
“The convict continued to change his phone number. He continued using different phone lines. But as God would have it, operatives closed in on him, and he was finally arrested,” the source said.

Speaking further, Olukoyede warned that anyone involved in the diversion of public resources would eventually face justice, assuring Nigerians that the EFCC would continue to investigate both public and private individuals accused of corruption.

Source: https://dailytrust.com/how-efcc-arrested-convicted-ex-minister-mamman

Mumu man, hiding in Rigasa , maybe he wanted to enter train to Europe.
Go and serve your term.

Arrest Bandits first, but bring that nan for Kirikiri maximum security prison

Cash and asset seizure is what matters most. Our yams must be returned.

WizardOfNG:
Cash and asset seizure is what matters most. Our yams must be returned.

when will you return the 1000 jobs per LGA yams ?

CodeTemplar:
when will you return the 1000 jobs per LGA yams ?

Lol. You're now a fan of this crook? Are you a government contractor? Your benefactor no longer in power and contracts don dry out?

WizardOfNG:
Lol. You're now a fan of this crook? Are you a government contractor? Your benefactor no longer in power and contracts don dry out?

benefactor?
Like my signature says, i (y)am for good policies and governance, not yams like you.
I applaud good policies and governance even if it is from my fiercest enemy.
I am not an APC agent.

How is the elephant you caught in Rivers state instead of bushmeat doing. Elephant is not big enough to go head to head with the candidate of Lion(Wike) again?

This man that fainted after PMB fired him. This men are too greedy, good for him.

Local man will always be local man. Out of every place this man can hide in the world, he choose to hide in Rigasa

Bloody criminal....its funny how these guys fear jail so much but they mindlessly rob the country blind without thinking of the repercussions.....rell us one single achievement he made in the power sector that warranted him stealing so much.

A joke taken too far, the next thing is to grant him state pardon.

How does the EFCC convict these people who have looted this country without recovering the loot.?

Ndi ori.... Just negodu


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Gotocourt:
This man that fainted after PMB fired him. This men are too greedy, good for him.

Taraba state is on record to be the highest with high profile corruption cases of their politicians....practically all of them from nyame to suntai,to ishyaku now this one.....that state deserves to be studied.

This is very good. Okowa,Wike,yeye Bello and many more should be arrested. They are looting wizard

So they have the ability to track all these different sims but cant catcj kidnappers and terrorists. Its becoming clearer everyday that the government knows about it

.. very good indeed..I saw another picture of him in handcuff

Good job, but if you can track this man why can't other security operatives track bandits and kidnappers

CodeTemplar:
benefactor?
Like my signature says, i (y)am for good policies and governance, not yams like you.
I applaud good policies and governance even if it is from my fiercest enemy.
I am not an APC agent.

How is the elephant you caught in Rivers state instead of bushmeat doing. Elephant is not big enough to go head to head with the candidate of Lion(Wike) again?

Lol. Join APC if you can lead. APC is a good platform for you to be the change you seek. The Party is not the problem. The imbalanced and unfair structure of Nigeria is the problem.

WizardOfNG:
Lol. Join APC if you can lead. APC is a good platform for you to be the change you seek. The Party is not the problem. The imbalanced and unfair structure of Nigeria is the problem.

party of islamist that 95% inspired and driven by national cake. Thanks for now.

Lithiumite:
Taraba state is on record to be the highest with high profile corruption cases of their politicians....practically all of them from nyame to sustain,to ishyaku now this one.....that state deserves to be studied.

It's that bad that state government officials from directors and permanent secretaries are largely involved.

Yahaya bello is still on the loose attempting to contest for senate.

yaya bello is heading to senate

CodeTemplar:
party of islamist that 95% inspired and driven by national cake. Thanks for now.

How is APC Islamist where you come from? APC in the South is Islamist how? The North does not own APC. Get that fact clear because the North and South divide is distinct.

Yahyah Bello
Turji Bello
Will be next

They’ll never answer the pertinent questions.

This taraba man is just used as a scapegoat when is the efcc chairman also going after yahaha bello?

Just six years (6.25years) for N33.8 billa, Nigeria is a joke, ordinary petty theft dey spent 10years in prison pretrial........it shall never be well with these corrupt judges and APC government

What wrong did he actually commit that caused this punitive sentence?

I mean, people who stole over 100bn are walking freely while this medium sized crook has given a life sentence, i mean 75 year sentence.

The guy no get sense. Instead of fleeing the country, he remained in his home state.

WorldRichest:
Arrest Bandits first, but bring that nan for Kirikiri maximum security prison

Kirikiri ke? that will be too comfortable for him, he should be touched to Sokoto, after all , he is a northerner, he should be held in his region.

APC arresting APC

Welcome idea