EFCC arrest former Gov. Sule Lamido and his two sons

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has
arrested the former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule
Lamido, for alleged money laundering-related offences.
Investigations revealed that operatives of the anti-graft
agency picked up the former governor and his two sons,
Mustapha and Aminu in the early hours of Tuesday in
Abuja.
It was learnt that the EFCC leadership ordered a crack team
of detectives to fly them to Kano by 2.30 pm to prepare
them for their arraignment for alleged fraud that amount to
billions of naira.
The source said,
“The former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule
Lamido, and his two sons, Mustapha and Aminu,
were arrested this morning by operatives of the
commission.
“They were actually arrested very early this
morning, they were with us for hours before they
were flown to Kano for possible arraignment on
Wednesday (today).
“They left Abuja Airport around 2.30pm. It is most
likely that they would be arraigned tomorrow
(Wednesday), that I can tell you.”
The EFCC had arrested the two sons of the governor in
November 2014, over alleged misappropriation of billions of
naira belonging to the Jigawa State Government.
Operatives of the commission investigating Lamido and his
sons alleged that billions of naira that belonged to the state
government was traced into the accounts of companies
owned and run by the governor and his two sons.
The Head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Mr. Wilson
Uwujaren, confirmed the arrest of the former governor and
two of his sons.
He said,
“I can confirm to you that the former Governor of
Jigawa a State, Alhaji Sule Lamido and his two sons
are with the commission.”
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