Former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido and his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha will be lounging in the Kano Prisons for the next two months
according to an order given by a federal court.
Lamido, who was arraigned on Thursday alongside his children for receiving N1.35 billion kickback from a government contractor (amongst other charges including money laundering), will be confined in
Kano till September 28. Ruling on the case, Justice Evelyn Anyadike ordered
that Lamido and his sons be remanded in a Kano Prison Custody due to the inability of the EFCC to accommodate them.
She rejected the pleas of defense counsel, Effiong Effiong, SAN, that the accused be kept at EFCC custody, saying the commission had complained of adequate facilities.
Twenty eight-count charge bordering on a number of alleged breach of trust by Sule Lamido, Aminu Sule Lamido, Mustapha Sule Lamido and one Aminu Wada Abubakar, was read in the court.
The case involved N1.351 billion.
The judge ruled that the accused persons be
remanded pending the hearing of their bail applications.
The defense counsel, Mr. Effiong had argued earlier that sending the accused persons to the Kano Prison would amount to trampling on their fundamental
human rights and begged that they be sent to EFCC facilities.
However, the counsel to EFCC, Chile Okoroma, objected to the plea saying their EFCC facilities were full to capacity both in Kano and Abuja.
The case was adjourned to 28 September for ruling on bail application.
There was pandemonium in court between those supporting Mr. Lamido and those against, leading police to fire into the air to disperse the crowd.
