Lamido, and his sons will celebrate Sallah in prison..
A federal court has ordered a former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido, and his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, accused of fraud, remanded in prison custody in Kano till September 28.
The former governor was arraigned on Thursday alongside his children for receiving N1.35 billion kickback from a government contractor.
The money was allegedly paid into accounts controlled by the governor and his sons.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission is accusing the four suspects of money laundering, amongst other charges.
They were due for arraignment Wednesday, but the court appearance was rescheduled to Thursday (today).
Security was stepped up around the court vicinity in Kano ahead of the hearing Thursday.
Delivering a ruling, Justice Evelyn Anyadike ordered that the four accused persons be remanded in a Kano Prison Custody because the EFCC said they lacked enough facilities to accommodate them.
She rejected the pleas of defence counsel, Effiong Effiong, SAN, that the accused be kept at EFCC custody, saying the commission had complained of inadequate facilities.
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 court.
They pleaded not guilty after the charges were read to them.
The case involved N1.351 billion.
The judge ruled that the accused persons be remanded pending the hearing of their bail applications.
Earlier, the defence counsel, Mr. Effiong, had argued that remanding the accused persons in prison would amount to trampling on their fundamental human rights.
He pleaded they be sent to either of EFCC facilities in Abuja or Kano.
However, the counsel to the EFCC, Chile Okoroma, objected to the plea, saying EFCC facilities were full to capacity both in Kano and Abuja.
The case was adjourned to September 28 for ruling on bail applications.
There was pandemonium in court between those supporting Mr. Lamido and those against him, leading the police to fire teargas canisters into the air to disperse the crowd.
Mr. Lamido, his sons and Mr. Abubakar are accused of using their positions to siphon Jigawa State funds. Click to signup for FREE news updates, latest information and hottest gists everyday
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Serves him right.
ReplyDeleteNow we are ready!
ReplyDeleteAlthough he has been shaken he will be released soon. Big thieves do not go to prison just like that
ReplyDeleteYou are right my fellow citizen, the same court will soon use some excuses to set them free. This is "initial court garagara"
Deletewhile slyva of bayelsa is set loose cos of his closeness to President Buhari, Lamido is sent to prison custody for his audacity to be man enough to oppose Buhari during the election. CHANGE INDEED!!!
ReplyDeleteyou seem to see everything as polictics in this country,in your own right thinking N1.3b is not enough for someone to roit in jail eh!!!, now let me tell you one thing you should understand about life in general... a rat and a lizard went in for a dance in the rain... who gets really wet... think. that is why i will eat beans and react to it but you will eat the same beans from the same pot and you will never react to it...
DeleteLol. Police with there destructive way of thinking. What has behavior got to do with a case that has been on before he came to power. If it is at those opposed and those who did not, why was FFK not sent to prison too. Or was buried not the president the judgement was passed? Or did Lamido opposed him more than FFK did? Please my brother, u should just say thing just cos u don't like someone, try and be fair and objective in urban analysis of situations. GOD bless Nigeria
DeleteKwakwaso is above the law bcos he work for Buhari
DeleteNa d change b dis. Sept no far. 1.35 billion no b beans o
ReplyDeleteI like it.
ReplyDeletewhere is the money we recover from formal IG and Alamesia formal governor bayelsa ? story for Nigeria if you think this is change from Buhari ? let him start work please ?
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