Determined to establish the money laundering charge
it slammed against Sule Lamido, former Governor of Jigawa State and his two
sons, Aminu and Mustapha, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,
on Wednesday, tendered before the Federal High Court in Abuja, details of bank
accounts it said were used by the accused persons to siphon public funds.
Though Lamido and his sons were initially docked in
Kano on July 9 alongside their alleged accomplice, Wada Abubakar, on a 28-count
charge, they were subsequently re-arraigned by the anti-graft agency in Abuja
on September 22.
They are now answering to an amended 27-count
criminal charge bordering on corruption, money laundering, and breach of trust
and illegal diversion of public funds to the tune of N1.35 billion.
Lamido was alleged to have abused his position as
governor of Jigawa State between 2007 and 2015, by awarding contracts to
compa-nies where he had interest, using his two sons as front.
He was equally alleged to have collected kickbacks
from contractors in the state, with the funds allegedly paid into accounts that
were managed by his sons.
Four companies that were allegedly involved in the
fraud (Bamaina Holdings Limited, Bamaina Company Nigeria Limited, Bamaina
Aluminum Limited and Speeds International Limited), were also joined in the
charge.
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