Governor Sule Lamido’s Sons Arrested By EFCC Over N10 BILLION Laundering

Sons of Jigawa State governor Alhaji Sule
Lamido were yesterday [November 14,
Thursday] arrested by the Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission. They were
apprehended in Kano in the evening, and
were subsequently moved to the EFCC
headquarters in Abuja on Friday morning,
where they are being interrogated by a team
of detectives.
According to
inside sources, Aminu and Mustapha Lamido arrest
follows the investigation that commenced in
December 2012. It will be recalled that Aminu Sule
Lamido was on his way to Cairo, Egypt when he
was arrested at the Mallam Aminu Kano Airport
for failing to declare the $50,000 he had on him.
Despite his prosecution, further investigations into
the matter uncovered a web of money laundering.
Billions of naira from Jigawa state government
accounts were funnelled into the accounts of
companies run by the Jigawa state governor and
his two sons.
Till date, over N10billion have reportedly been
transferred from Jigawa state government
accounts into the accounts in which Sule Lamido
and his two sons have interest from 2007.
In the course of investigation, the EFCC
have traced the transfers to a number of
companies where Lamido and sons are directors
and signatories to the account. The companies
are Bamaina Alluminium Limited, Bamaina
Holdings Limited, Bamaina Company Nigeria
Limited, Rawda Integrated Services Limited,
Speeds International Limited and Saby Integrated
Nigeria Limited.
The account of these companies received huge
cash inflow between 2007 and 2013, a period that
coincide with the tenure of Sule Lamido as
governor of Jigawa state.
More details later.