A Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, granted bail, on
self-recognition, to former Gov. Sule Lamido of Jigawa and
his two sons charged with money laundering.
Lamido, his sons, Mustapha and Aminu, and one Abubakar Wada, were
arraigned on a 24-count charge of laundering N1.35billion belonging to the
State when he was governor.
They were initially arraigned by the Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission (EFCC) before Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High
Court, Kano, who remanded them in prison without hearing their application
for bail.
The application for bail was transferred to Abuja for determination.
Ruling on it, Justice Gabriel Kolawole ordered Lamido to surrender all his
travelling documents to the court’s Deputy Chief Registrar.
Kolawole also granted bail to Mustapha and Aminu, and their alleged
accomplice, Wada, each in the sum of N25 million and two sureties.
The court also ordered that of the two sureties for each accused, one must
be a civil servant not below grade level 16.
The judge also ordered that if one of the sureties is into private
business, he must show evidence of tax payment in the last three years and
deposit his passport photograph with the court.
EFCC specifically accused Lamido of collecting kickbacks from contractors
in the state, with the funds allegedly paid into accounts that were
managed by his sons.