Former Nigerian Power Minister Saleh Mamman has been sentenced to 75 years in prison for laundering $24.6 million — a remarkably specific punishment that suggests Nigerian judges have embraced the 'go big or go home' philosophy of justice. The conviction was handed down in absentia, which is legal speak for 'we can't actually find the guy we're supposed to imprison for three-quarters of a century.'
Mamman's eventual arrest days after his sentencing was hailed as a 'rare follow-through' in Nigeria's anti-corruption efforts, which is perhaps the most damning praise possible for a justice system. The case has rekindled debate over who actually gets held accountable in Nigeria's anti-corruption war, though the answer seems to be 'whoever we can physically locate.'