NAIJA NEWS
A bureau de change operator, Abdullahi Suleman, testifying in the trial of former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman has narrated how more than ₦22 billion was allegedly siphoned from the Federal Ministry of Power.
Naija News reports that Mamman is being prosecuted by the EFCC on a 12-count charge bordering on conspiracy to commit money laundering to the tune of ₦33,804,830,503.73 (Thirty-three Billion, Eight Hundred and Four Million, Eight Hundred and Thirty Thousand, Five Hundred and Three Naira, Seventy-three Kobo).
The former minister trial continued on Wednesday, January 22, 2025 at the Federal High Court, Abuja, presided over by Justice James Omotosho with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) presenting its 8th witness, PW8.
Speaking at Wednesday’s proceedings, Suleman stated that the naira equivalent of the ₦22 billion was exchanged for United States dollars through his business accounts.
The witness, while being led in evidence by prosecution counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN) narrated that about 12 of his business accounts received money from the Federal Ministry of Power without carrying out any service, contact or project.
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