The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has transferred former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, to the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja following a court order for him to begin serving a 75-year prison term for money laundering.
Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, issued the directive on Tuesday after the EFCC presented the convict in court.
EFCC disclosed this in a statement posted on its X handle.
According to the anti-graft agency, the court also entertained a consequential application seeking the forfeiture of five additional properties allegedly linked to the former minister.
Mamman was convicted on May 7, on all counts of an amended 16-count charge bordering on money laundering involving over ₦33.8 billion.
He was sentenced in absentia on May 13 to a total of 75 years imprisonment.
The case involved illicit acquisition of multi-million naira properties and diversion of funds linked to major power projects, including Zungeru and Mambilla hydroelectric initiatives.
The former minister fled Abuja for Kaduna State before EFCC operatives arrested him on May 19 in the Rigasa area of Kaduna alongside a relative.
During proceedings, the court heard from one Shamsudeen Mohammed, identified as Mamman’s relative, who said the former minister travelled from Abuja to Kaduna by taxi after his conviction and sentencing.
“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 said.
