The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has transferred former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, to the Nigerian Correctional Centre in Kuje, Abuja, to begin serving his 75-year jail term over corruption charges involving N33.8 billion.
Mamman was handed over to prison authorities on Tuesday following his presentation before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court in Abuja by the EFCC.
The anti-graft agency also filed a consequential order seeking the forfeiture of five additional properties allegedly linked to the convicted former minister.
Justice Omotosho had earlier convicted Mamman on all 12-count charges bordering on money laundering and fraud connected to the diversion of funds meant for the Mambilla and Zungeru hydropower projects.
Counsel to the prosecution and Director of Public Prosecution of the Federation, Rotimi Oyedepo, told the court that the consequential order dated May 25, 2026, sought the forfeiture of the newly traced properties.
During the proceedings, the court heard from one Shamsudeen Mohammed, identified as Mamman’s relative, that the former minister had travelled from Abuja to Kaduna shortly after his conviction and sentencing.
According to Mohammed, Mamman was ill and had gone to Kaduna for traditional treatment.
“My name is Shamsudeen Mohammed. He is my relative. He was sick, and I was helping him to take his traditional medicine. He was brought by a taxi from Abuja to Kaduna,” he told the court.
He added that he did not know the owner of the apartment where Mamman was reportedly hiding in the Rigasa area of Kaduna State.
Justice Omotosho, while addressing the convict, stated that the prison sentence commenced immediately after the court proceedings.
“The sentence starts to run from today. You were in Abuja when the judgement was passed. You were in Abuja when the sentence was passed. You left alone in a taxi to Kaduna. I have done my work,” the judge said.
He added that the judgement would be read to Mamman to further explain the reasons for his conviction and sentencing.
