A federal high court sitting in Abuja has ruled that Sule
Lamido, former governor of Jigawa state, and his co-defendants have a case to
answer in the N712 million money-laundering charges filed against him.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is
prosecuting Lamido alongside two of his sons – Aminu Sule Lamido and Mustapha
Sule Lamido.
Other defendants include Aminu Abubakar, business associate
to the Lamidos and four companies – Bamaina Company Nigeria Limited, Bamaina
Aluminium Limited, Speeds International Limited – and Batholomew Darlington
Agoha.
The defendants are facing 37 amended charges.
After the EFCC closed its case, Lamido filed a no-case
submission stating that the evidence provided by the prosecution did not
disclose any case against him.
However, ruling on the no-case submission on Monday, Ijeoma
Ojukwu, the judge, dismissed the no-case submission filed by Lamido.
The judge ordered him to open his defence on November 8.
Count one of the charges reads: “That you Alhaji Sule Lamido
(while being the Governor of Jigawa State, Nigeria), on or about 15th of
December,2008 within the jurisdiction of
this Honourable Court in your account in the name of Bamaina Holdings (also
referred to as Bamaina Holding Limited)
domiciled at Unity Bank Plc. Kano, converted the sum of N14,850,000.00
(Fourteen Million, Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira) being the value of
Intercontinental Bank Plc.(now Access Bank Plc) cheque no. 00000025 paid by
Dantata & Sawoe Construction Company Nigeria Limited which represented the proceeds of your illegal act to wit: using
your position as a public officer for gratification by
purportedly obtaining contracts for companies in which you have interest
from Dantata & Sawoe Construction Company Nigeria Limited which was awarded
contracts by Jigawa State Government with the aim of concealing its illicit
origin and thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 14(1) (a) of the
Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2004 and punishable under Section 14(1) of
the same Act.”
Advertise on NigerianEye.com to reach thousands of our daily users
No comments
Post a Comment
Kindly drop a comment below.
(Comments are moderated. Clean comments will be approved immediately)
Advert Enquires - Reach out to us at NigerianEye@gmail.com