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Alleged N33bn Fraud: Ex-Power Minister Saleh Mamman collapses in court
A former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman on Thursday, July 11, collapsed outside the courtroom at a Federal High Court, Abuja.
National Daily gathered that Mamman, whose plea was fixed for Thursday morning, collapsed outside the courtroom before the case was called.
The former minister’s counsel, Femi Ate, SAN, told Justice James Omotosho shortly when he was called to take his plea. Upon resumed hearing, the ex-minister walked into the courtroom and stepped into the dock with part of his clothes drenched.
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Justice Omotosho then asked why Mamman was sweating, pressed to know whether it was raining outside. The former minister responded from the dock that he was soaked with the water that was poured to resuscitate him.
Speaking, Ate said Mamman, “upon being brought into the premises of the court collapsed and had to be resuscitated and treated by the medical personnel of the Federal High Court.”
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