The Appeal Court on Tuesday reserved ruling in the appeal filed by the former governor of Jigawa, Sule Lamido, challenging the decision of the Federal
Lamido, his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, Aminu Wada Abubakar, and their companies, Bamaina Holdings Ltd and Speeds International Ltd are standing trial on alleged fraud of N1.35 billion.
EFCC alleged that Lamido abused his position as governor between 2007 and 2015 and laundered several sums of money. The trial, which commenced in 2015, saw the commission call over 16 witnesses before closing its case. But Justice Ojukwu, threw out the no-case submission, and upheld the submissions of EFCC’s counsel, Chile Okoroma, that Lamido and the other defendants had a case to answer.
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