Former Power Minister And 2027 Governorship Aspirant Sentenced To 75 Years In Prison For Fraud

<h4>Former Power Minister And 2027 Governorship Aspirant Sentenced To 75 Years In Prison For Fraud<&sol;h4>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;">OpenLife Nigeria<&sol;a><&sol;strong> reports that a federal high court in Abuja has sentenced Saleh Mamman&comma; a former minister of power&comma; to 75 years in prison for money laundering and fraud to the tune of N33&period;8 billion&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mamman was convicted on all 12 counts preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission &lpar;EFCC&rpar;&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mamman Saleh&comma; born January 2&comma; 1958&comma; served as Minister of Power from August 2019 to September 2021&period; He was sworn in by late President Muhammadu Buhari on 21 August 2019 after being nominated and confirmed by the Senate&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>On 1 September 2021&comma; Mamman who holds a higher national diploma in electrical electronics from Kaduna Polytechnic&comma; graduating in 1988 and an MBA in business administration from Bayero University Kano&comma; in <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;punchng&period;com&sol;">2015<&sol;a> was sacked by Buhari and replaced by Minister of State for Works and Housing Abubakar Aliyu&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<figure id&equals;"attachment&lowbar;35673" aria-describedby&equals;"caption-attachment-35673" style&equals;"width&colon; 300px" class&equals;"wp-caption alignnone"><img class&equals;"size-medium wp-image-35673" src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;openlife&period;ng&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2026&sol;05&sol;Minister-of-Power-Engr&period;-Saleh-Mamman-300x265&period;jpg" alt&equals;"Former Power Minister And 2027 Governorship Aspirant Sentenced To 75 Years In Prison For Fraud" width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265" &sol;><figcaption id&equals;"caption-attachment-35673" class&equals;"wp-caption-text"><em><strong>Former Power Minister And 2027 Governorship Aspirant Sentenced To 75 Years In Prison<&sol;strong><&sol;em> <&sol;figcaption><&sol;figure>&NewLine;<p>Only recently&comma; the former Minister formally declared his intention to contest the 2027 governorship election in Taraba State on the platform of the ruling All  Progressives Congress&comma;APC&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He made his position known while addressing a large crowd of supporters at his campaign office in Jalingo&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Mamman expressed concern over the persistent gaps in infrastructure&comma; governance and socio-economic growth&comma; adding that&comma; Taraba state is under developed compared to other states created at the same time with it&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Taraba State was created 34 years ago&comma; yet we are lagging behind in the delivery due to absence of basic infrastructure including good road network both in the state capital and in rural areas&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><em><strong>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The lack of development could be traced to lack of good governance and has created total absence of infrastructural development that our people desperately need&comma;”<&sol;strong><&sol;em> he said&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Saleh started his career in 1981 as a teacher in Technical School&comma; Mubi&comma; Adamawa State&period;<br &sol;>&NewLine;In 1992&comma; he transferred his service to Taraba State&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>He was promoted to the rank of assistant director in the ministry of works in Taraba State and retired in 2002&period; After his retirement&comma; he became a full-time businessman and politician&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>&nbsp&semi;<&sol;p>&NewLine;