Court Sentences Nigerian Politician to 75 Years in Jail for Graft
The Federal High Court in Abuja, Nigeria.
Photographer: Light Oriye Tamunotonye/AFP/Getty ImagesA Nigerian court handed a former energy minister a 75-year jail term after finding him guilty of money laundering and corruption linked to two power projects in the West African nation, which has persistently been roiled by outages.
Federal High Court Judge James Omotosho sentenced Saleh Mamman in absentia over corruption linked to the Mambilla and Zungeru hydropower power projects at a hearing in the capital, Abuja, the nation’s anti-graft agency said in a post on X on Wednesday.