Justice James Omotosho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Thursday fixed June 9 for judgment in the trial of a former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, for alleged N33.8 billion fraud.

The judge fixed the date after counsel for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Rotimi Oyedepo (SAN), and Mamman’s lawyer, Femi Atteh (SAN), adopted their final written addresses on the case.

In Thursday’s proceeding, Atteh told the court that he filed his final written address on behalf of the defendant on April 1.

The lawyer said he also filed a reply to the prosecution’s final written address.

Attah added that he relied on the submissions in their processes and urged the court to discharge and acquit his client of the charges.

On his part, Oyedepo informed the court that the prosecution team filed its final written address on April 14.

He adopted the application and prayed the court to convict Mamman in all the 12 counts.

“Your lordship, what is important is the fact that funds left a particular government account and went to a BDC (Bureau de Change) account.

“The BDC came before my lord to say that it received this money.

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“The BDC went ahead to tell your lordship how he was carrying money to the defendant’s house.

“The boy who was working with the defendant also came to testify how he was receiving some of these monies on the instruction of the defendant.

“How else is the prosecution supposed to prove this matter? The evidence before your lordship is clear,” the prosecutor stated.

Oyedepo urged the court to discountenance the submission of the defence and convict the defendant.

Mamman was appointed minister by the late former President Muhammadu Buhari in August 2019 and was sacked in September 2021.

The EFCC, in the charge marked: FHC/ABJ/CR/273/2024, had preferred a 12-count amended charge against the ex-minister as sole defendant.

The commission, in July 2024, arraigned Mamman for alleged money laundering.

He was accused of conspiring with officials at the ministry and some private companies to indirectly convert” the sum of N33.8 billion meant for the Zungeru and Mambilla Hydro Electric Power projects.

The former minister, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges.