Alleged 33.8bn Fraud: Mamman’s Lawyer Fails to Produce Witness in Court

The trial of the former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman before Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja could not continue on Monday, February 23, 2026 due to the inability of the defence team to produce its witness in court. At Monday’s proceedings, the defence counsel, Femi Atteh, SAN informed the court that he was unable to subpoena its witness because the witness was unavailable in the office. He therefore sought additional time to enable him to subpoena the witness. Justice Omotosho adjourned the matter till February 26, 2026 for the defendant to open hi…

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Source	EFCC
Collection	Anti-corruption and elections
Kind	Document
Publisher	Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
Date	2026-02-23
Type	press-release
Found at	https://www.efcc.gov.ng/news/alleged-338bn-fraud-mammans-lawyer-fails-to-produce-witness-in-court
Archived copy	Look it up in the Wayback Machine
Record ID	`efcc:news:13866`

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Alleged 33.8bn Fraud: Mamman’s Lawyer Fails to Produce Witness in Court. EFCC, 2026. Vero Archive, record efcc:news:13866.