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Ex-minister Mamman Collapses In Court   

by Ruth Nwokwu and Leadership News
11 months ago
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Former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman.

Former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman.

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A former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman on Thursday collapsed outside the courtroom at a Federal High Court, Abuja.

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Counsel to the former minister, Femi Ate, SAN, told Justice James Omotosho when he was called to take his plea, that his client, whose plea was fixed for Thursday morning, collapsed outside the courtroom prior to his case being called, News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reported.

When he made it eventually into the courtroom, the ex-minister stepped into the dock with part of his clothes drenched.

Justice Omotosho then asked why Mamman was sweating, pressed to know whether it was raining outside.

The former minister responded from the dock that he was soaked with the water that was poured to resuscitate him.

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Counsel to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Adeyinka Olumide-Fusika, SAN, while addressing the court, said though the matter was fixed for Mamman’s arraignment, there was a development outside the courtroom.

Olumide-Fusika said he had a discussion with Ate outside the courtroom about Mamman’s ill health.

 

“I was informed of an incident outside. I will want my learner senior advocate to tell the honourable court himself,” he said.

Speaking, Ate said Mamman, “upon being brought into the premises of the court collapsed and had to be resuscitated and treated by the medical personnel of the Federal High Court.”

He said his client was served with the charge after he was resuscitated.

“He was served this morning,” he added.

The senior lawyer informed the court that he sought the understanding of the EFCC’s counsel for an adjournment so that the arraignment could be done on Monday when his client would have been okay.

 

However, the judge said, due to the workload in the court dockets, the arraignment could only be fixed for September ending.

 

Ate then withdrew the oral application for an adjournment.

 

Olumide-Fusika said he had just filed an amended charge earlier in the morning following a mistake in the name of the defendant and prayed the court that the fresh charge be read to Mamman to take his plea but Justice Omotosho disagreed with him.

 

The judge, however, asked Mamman if he was fit enough to take his plea and he responded in affirmative.

 

The former minister explained to the court that he collapsed outside the courtroom because of the drugs he took when he had not eaten, and while he was outside the courtroom waiting to be called, his blood pressure dropped.

 

Mamman, however, said he was fit to continue with the arraignment.

 

“It can happen to anyone,” the judge said.

 

The ex-minister told the court that he called the attention of his lawyer to the error made by the EFCC on the name in the charge served on him.

 

“I was complaining about the name, that it was not my own,” he said.

 

Justice Omotosho then stepped down the arraignment until 1 pm.

 

LEADERSHIP recalls that the EFCC had filed a 12-count money laundering charge against Mamman to the tune of N33 billion.

 

The former minister was arrested on May 10, 2021 and was detained at the headquarters of the anti-graft agency in Abuja.

 

Former President Buhari sacked Mamman and the then Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, in what was called a cabinet restructuring in 2021.

 

Mamman was accused of conspiring with staff of the ministry in charge of the accounts of the Zungeru and Mambilla Hydro Electric Power projects to divert about N22 billion.

 

Investigations uncovered property in Nigeria and overseas allegedly linked to the suspects, while millions of naira and dollars had reportedly been recovered.


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