The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,
will on Thursday, July 11, arraign a former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman,
before Justice J. K. Omotosho for alleged N33 billion money laundering offenses.
According to an insider at the commission, Mamman
would be arraigned on a 12-count charge bordering on conspiracy to commit money
laundering and possession and use of known proceeds of criminal conduct.
The charge documents signed by the prosecution
counsel, Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, SAN, and others, which were sighted by DAILY
POST read that counts 1-2 border on conspiracy to commit money laundering;
counts 3-4 border on money laundering by cash payment over the lawful limit;
count 5 borders on purchase of landed property with
cash payment; while counts 6–12 borders on possession and use of known proceeds
of criminal conduct.
The investigation spanned from 2019 to 2022 when he was a minister under former President Muhammadu Buhari.
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