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Supreme Court directs trial of Ex-Gov Lamido, sons over alleged N1.35bn fraud
The Supreme Court on Friday directed the trial of former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, and two of his sons, Mustapha and Aminu, over alleged money laundering involving about N1.35 billion.
In a unanimous ruling, a five-member panel led by Justice Inyang Okoro set aside the judgment of the Abuja Division of the Court of Appeal, which had previously discharged the defendants and struck out the charges against them.
The apex court criticized the appellate court for dismissing the case on technical grounds and ordered that the matter be returned to the Federal High Court to continue the trial.
The judgement followed two separate appeals marked SC/CR/921/2023 and SC/CR/920/2023, which the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) lodged against Lamido and his son, Mustapha, respectively.
Meanwhile, in another judgment, the Supreme Court upheld the confiscation of undeclared $40,000 cash that was found on the ex-governor Lamido’s son, Aminu.
EFCC operatives had, on December 11, 2012, arrested Aminu at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport while he was on his way to Egypt.
His arrest followed his failure to declare the sum of $40,000 cash in the Customs Currency Declaration Form after initially declaring the statutory $10,000 cash to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS).
He was subsequently arraigned by the EFCC on a one-count charge that bordered on false declaration of foreign currency under the Money Laundering Act.
Aminu was, on July 12, 2015, convicted by the Federal High Court in Kano, which ordered him to forfeit 25 per cent of the undeclared foreign currency to the federal government.
The trial court’s verdict was on December 7, 2015, affirmed by the Court of Appeal in Kaduna State.
Dissatisfied with the decisions, Aminu lodged the appeal that was dismissed on Friday by the Supreme Court.
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