Mr Lamido, a former governor of Jigawa State, appealed against last year’s Federal High Court judgement declaring that he had a case to answer regarding the N1.35 billion fraud charges filed against him and his co-defendants.
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Tuesday reserved judgement in a case filed by a former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, to seek the dismissal of the money laundering charges against him.
But the trial judge, Ijeoma Ojukwu, dismissed the no-case submission and ordered the defendants to open their defence on 8 to 11 November 2022. Lamido allegedly abused his position as governor between 2007 and 2015 and laundered several sums of money which he received as kickbacks from companies that were awarded contracts by Jigawa State Government under his leadership.
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