Nigeria, June 11 -- A Federal High Court judge in Abuja, James Omotosho, on Wednesday, ordered Mohammed Ahmed, lawyer to convicted former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, to appear over an affidavit he swore casting the judgement convicting the former minister as an emotional outburst of the judge.

Mr Omotosho gave the order following the affidavit of facts Mr Ahmed filed on 22 May.

Mr Ahmed is expected to appear before the court on 24 June, the date set for hearing in a post-conviction forfeiture proceedings targeting assets suspected to be proceeds of Mr Mamman's criminal activities.

Judge Omotosho convicted the former minister on all counts on 7 May, and sentenced him on 13 May to 75 years' imprisonment on money laundering charges i...