EFCC arrests Buhari’s ex-minister over alleged 22bn fraud

A former Minister of Power, Sale Mamman, has been arrested and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in connection with an alleged N22 billion fraud.

According to The Cable report, Mamman, who served under President Muhammadu Buhari from 2019 to 2021, was arrested in the wee hours of Wednesday, May 10, and is being detained at the headquarters of the anti-graft agency in Abuja.

The arrest is connected to investigations into alleged corruption in the execution of some power projects.

Mamman was said to have been accused of conspiring with staffs of the ministry in charge of the accounts of the Zungeru and Mambilla Hydro Electric Power projects to divert N22 billion and share among themselves.

The investigations uncovered properties in Nigeria and overseas allegedly linked to the suspects, while millions of naira and dollars were said to have been recovered.