A Federal High Court in Kano has ordered that
the former Jigawa State Governor, Alhaji Sule
Lamido, and his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha,
alongside others be remanded in prison for
alleged money laundering and misappropriation
of public funds, totaling N1.351bn.
Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the FHC on Thursday
ordered that Lamido and his two sons, referred
to as second and third defendants respectively,
would remain in Kano Prison until September 28.
This means that the trio will complete their
Ramadan fast and celebrate the Sallah in the
prison.
The ruling followed the 28 counts slammed on
the former governor and his sons by the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
bordering on alleged money laundering and
misappropriation of funds.
Justice Anyadike had declined a bail application
filed by Sule Okoronma, who appeared for the
accused persons, noting that they all pleaded not
guilty to the 28 counts instituted against them
by the EFCC.
Lamido’s supporters besieged the court
premises, carrying placards, chanting solidarity
songs while querying, ‘Why Lamido, why
Lamido’, as prison officials drove the ex-
governor alongside his two sons and other five
accused persons to an undisclosed prison in a
Toyota Hiace marked PS 584 A.
Source: The Punch
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