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75-YEAR JAIL TERM: EFCC MOVES SALEH MAMMAN TO KUJE PRISON

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Photo: Saleh Mamman By: Mandy Park The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has transferred Saleh Mamman, a former minister of power, to the Kuje Correctional Centre in Abuja to begin serving his 75-year prison sentence for money laundering. Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, gave the directive on Tuesday after the EFCC presented the former minister before the court. The anti-graft agency disclosed the development in a statement posted on its X handle. According to the EFCC, the court also considered a consequential application seeking…

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Kaduna Court Jails Two Ex-Bank Staff Over ₦7.8 Million Palliative-Linked Fraud

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By: Mandy Park A Kaduna State High Court has convicted and sentenced two former employees of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission-prosecuted fraud case involving the diversion of funds linked to a Federal Government palliative scheme. The convicts, Obadofin Bamise and Hadiza Yakubu, who were former staff members of Access Bank Plc, were each sentenced to seven years imprisonment by Justice A. A. Bello of the Kaduna State High Court after pleading guilty to a one-count charge bordering on criminal breach of trust and unauthorised diversion of customer funds. The court,…

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