EFCC is prosecuting Lamido on 37 amended charges,
alongside two of his sons, Aminu and Mustapha Lamido.
Other defendants include Aminu Abubakar, a business
associate to the Lamidos and four companies.
The Former governor had filed a no-case submission, after
the EFCC closed its case, stating that the evidence provided by the prosecution
did not disclose any case against him.
However, ruling on the no-case submission, Justice Justice
Ijeoma Ojukwu dismissed his claim, ordering him to open his defence on November
8.
Part of the charges includes “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.”
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