Kotu ta yiwa tsohon Ministan Wuta na Najariya daurin shekaru 75

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Abuja, 15 ga Mayu, 2026 (NAN) Babbar kotun tarayya da ke Abuja ta yanke wa tsohon Ministan Wutar Lantarki, Mista Saleh Mamman, hukuncin daurin shekaru 75 a gidan yari, bayan ya aikata laifukan halatta kudaden haram na Naira biliyan 33.8.

Alkali James Omotosho, wanda ya yanke wa Mamman hukunci a dukkan tuhume-tuhume 12 da hukumar EFCC ta shigar a kansa, ya ba da umarnin cewa hukuncin zai gudana ne a jere ba a lokaci guda ba.

Mai Shari’a Omotosho ya ce, rashin halartar tsohon ministan kotun a yau da kuma ranar da aka dage zaman kotun na karshe, wani yunkuri ne na dakatar da shari’a.

Alkalin, wanda ya amince da lauyan EFCC, Rotimi Oyedepo, SAN, cewa duk da cewa wanda ake tuhuma bai kasance a kotu ba, tanadin Dokar Shari’a ta Shari’a ta Gudanar da Laifuka (ACJA), 2015, ya ba kotun ikon ci gaba da yanke hukunci.

Alkalin ya yanke hukuncin cewa Mamman ba zai iya da’awar cewa ya fuskanci rashin adalci ba.

Saboda haka ya yanke wa wanda ake tuhuma hukuncin daurin shekaru bakwai a kan laifuka na farko, biyu, uku, shida, bakwai, takwas, tara, goma, 11 da 12 ba tare da zaɓin tara ba.

Alkali Omotosho ya kuma yanke masa hukuncin ɗaurin shekaru uku a kurkuku a kan tuhuma ta 4 tare da zaɓin tarar Naira miliyan 10 da kuma ɗaurin shekaru biyu a kan tuhuma ta 5 ba tare da zaɓin tarar ba.

Alkalin, wanda ya ba da umarnin a yi hukuncin a jere, ya ce wannan zai fara ne daga ranar da aka kama shi.

Saboda haka, ya umarci dukkan hukumomin tsaro a ciki da wajen ƙasar, ciki har da INTERPOL, da su kama Mammn duk inda aka gan shi, sannan a miƙa shi ga Hukumar Gidajen gyaran hali ta Najeriya don zaman gidan yari.

Dangane da buƙatar lauya mai gabatar da ƙara, wanda lauyan tsohon ministan, Mohammed Ahmed, bai ƙalubalanta ba, Alkali Omotosho ya kuma ba da umarnin a kwace kadarorin Mamman guda biyu da ke yankunan da aka zaɓa a Abuja da kuma kuɗaɗen da hukumomin yaƙi da cin hanci suka kwato a wasu kuɗaɗe daban-daban.

Alkalin ya kuma bayar da umarnin cewa wanda ake tuhuma, ya mayar wa da wanda ake tuhuma da laifin bambancin adadin da ke tsakanin kudaden da kadarorin da aka kwato daga Mamman da kuma Naira biliyan 22 da masu gabatar da kara suka iya tantancewa a lokacin shari’ar, daga cikin Naira biliyan 33.8 da ake zargin an sace daga ayyukan Zungeru da Mambilla Hydro Electric Power.

Kamfanin Dillancin Labarai na Najeriya (NAN) ya ruwaito cewa Alkali Omotosho ya yanke wa Mamman hukunci a ranar 7 ga Mayu bayan ya yi batan dabo kan zargin halatta kudaden haram.

Duk da cewa Mamman bai halarci kotu ba a bayyane, Alkali Omotosho, a hukuncin, ya yanke hukuncin cewa EFCC ta sami damar tabbatar da tuhume-tuhume 12 da aka yi wa wanda ake tuhuma ba tare da wata shakka ba.(NAN)(www.nannews.ng)

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Fassarar Aisha Ahmed