The Federal High Court Abuja Thursday remanded a former Minister of Power, Mr. Saleh Mamman, in Kuje prison following his arraignment on a 12-count money laundering charge by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
The former Minister, who served under President Muhammadu Buhari Government, was remanded after he pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Mamman is facing trial over his alleged complicity in a N33billion fraud.
Justice James Omotosho ordered that he should remain in custody till Friday, when his bail application will be heard.
He was arrested in 2021, about four months after he was removed from office by ex-President Buhari.
EFCC, among other things, alleged that he conspired with staff members of the ministry to divert about N22bn that was meant for the Zungeru and Mambilla Hydro Electric Power projects.
The anti-graft agency said its investigations revealed that the suspects used the funds to acquire choice assets, both within and outside the country.
The defendant had earlier before he was arraigned on Thursday, slumped within the court premises.
It took the help of both lawyers and a team of medical personnel from the court, to revive him.
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