The Economic and
Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a 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 Abuja.
It was gathered that
the anti-graft agency picked up the governor and his sons in the early hours of
Tuesday.
It was learnt that the
EFCC leadership ordered a crack team of detectives to fly them to Kano by 2.30
pm preparatory to their arraignment for alleged fraud running into 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 2015, 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
belonging 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 to Punch on the telephone on
Wednesday.
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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