The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has transferred Saleh Mamman, a former minister of power who was recently convicted, to the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja after a federal high court judge on Tuesday ordered his transfer. Justice James Omotosho also told Mamman that his prison sentence begins immediately on Tuesday.
On May 7, Mamman was convicted on all twelve counts preferred against him by the EFCC and later sentenced in absentia to 75 years in prison, with the judge issuing an arrest warrant following his absence from court. On May 19, the anti-graft agency announced that Mamman was arrested in Kaduna.
Rotimi Oyedepo, counsel to the EFCC, sought an asset forfeiture order on five additional properties in Abuja linked to Mamman. The EFCC said Femi Atteh, Mamman’s counsel, was absent in court despite being briefed about the asset forfeiture application, and that the lawyer who appeared for Atteh declined to accept the application and left the courtroom without notifying the court or the prosecution team.
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When asked by the judge why his counsel was absent, Mamman said he had not been in contact with him since his arrest and detention by the EFCC on May 19. The judge said an adjournment was necessary on the forfeiture application in the interest of fair hearing, and the case was adjourned to June 8, 2026, for hearing on the forfeiture application. The former minister now begins his 75-year sentence at the Kuje Correctional Centre.
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