Court Remands Ex-Governor Lamido, 2 Sons In Prison Till Sept 28

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7E5xr5SyeGWNLhz-qf4Sq4_qeW7z_Eh-6zhl6I_DUfSM8_sxUO2v2VULfRuCt6JtqFK1FvUD7APKri6zxcQ3x7jFlv2VYU8rRAWFhK-Vjfc1CrVqiILsH51WLoOqwVsXUdAuqrkOnc1sM/s1600/lamido-and-sons.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh7E5xr5SyeGWNLhz-qf4Sq4_qeW7z_Eh-6zhl6I_DUfSM8_sxUO2v2VULfRuCt6JtqFK1FvUD7APKri6zxcQ3x7jFlv2VYU8rRAWFhK-Vjfc1CrVqiILsH51WLoOqwVsXUdAuqrkOnc1sM/s1600/lamido-and-sons.png" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>KANO, NIGERIA - A federal court has ordered a former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, and his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, accused of fraud, to be remanded in prison custody in Kano till September 28.</b></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The former governor was arraigned on Thursday alongside his children for receiving ₦1.35 billion kickback from a government contractor.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The money was paid into accounts controlled by the governor and his sons.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) accused the trio of money laundering, amongst other charges.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> They were due for arraignment Wednesday, but the court appearance was rescheduled to Thursday.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Security was stepped up around the court vicinity in Kano ahead of the hearing Thursday.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Delivering her judgement, Justice Evelyn Anyadike ruled that the four accused persons be remanded in a Kano Prison Custody because the EFCC said they lacked enough facilities to accommodate them.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> She rejected the pleas of defense counsel, Effiong Effiong (SAN) that the accused by kept at EFCC custody, saying the commission had complained of adequate facilities.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Twenty-eight count charge bordering on a number of alleged breach of trust by Sule Lamido, Aminu Sule Lamido, Mustapha Sule Lamido and one Aminu Wada Abubakar, was read in the court.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The case involved ₦1.351 billion.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The judge ruled that the accused persons be remanded pending the hearing of their bail applications.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> Earlier, the defense counsel, Mr. Effiong had argued that remanding the accused persons in prison will amount to trampling on their fundamental human rights.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> He pleaded they be sent to EFCC facilities.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> However, the counsel to EFCC, Chile Okoroma, objected to the plea saying their (EFCC's) facilities were full to capacity both in Kano and Abuja.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> The case was adjourned to 28 September for ruling on bail application.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> There was pandemonium in court between those supporting Mr. Lamido and those against, leading police to fire into the air to disperse the crowd.</div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <br /></div> <div style="text-align: justify;"> <b>Premium Times</b></div> <br /> <br /> <div style="text-align: center;"> <i><span style="color: blue;">Have you got a news tip, article or press release for us? 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Court Remands Ex-Governor Lamido, 2 Sons In Prison Till Sept 28

KANO, NIGERIA - A federal court has ordered a former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, and his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, accused ...

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