Sale Mamman, former minister of
power, has been arrested and detained by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) in connection with an alleged N22 billion fraud.
TheCable reports that Mamman, who
was a minister under President Muhammadu Buhari from 2019 to 2021, was arrested
in the early hours of Wednesday 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 is accused of conspiring
with staff 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 have reportedly been recovered.
President Muhammadu Buhari on
September 1, 2021, sacked Mamman and Sabo Nanono, the minister of agriculture
and rural development, in what was called a cabinet restructuring.
In 2020, while still serving,
Mamman alleged that there was a cabal in his ministry denying Nigerians
electricity.
He was reacting to the criticism
which trailed his suspension of some top officials in the ministry.
Mamman had suspended Damilola
Ogunbiyi, former managing director of the Rural Electrification Agency (REA),
and Marilyn Amobi, managing director of the Nigerian Bulk Electricity Trading
Plc (NBET), pending an investigation into allegations levelled against them.
However, some critics accused him
of ethnic bias.
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