The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
is making frantic moves to charge two sons of
the Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule
Lamido to court.
Aminu and Mustapha Lamido were flown to
Abuja in the early hours of Friday by the
operatives of the commission after their
arrest in Kano on Thursday.
There are strong indications that the anti-
graft agency may charge the two brothers for
fraud involving billions of naira belonging to
the people of Jigawa State.
It was learnt that the EFCC traced about
N10bn to the accounts of companies of which
the governor and his two sons were alleged to
be directors and signatories to the account.
The alleged transactions took place between
2007 and now.
The commission has been holding the
governor’s sons in relation with billions of
naira belonging to the Jigawa State
Government which were traced to their
accounts of companies of which they and their
father are said to be directors since Friday.
On Monday, the EFCC Head of Media and
Publicity, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, confirmed
that the commission was still grilling the
suspects.
He also said that the commission was still in
custody of the two brothers because
operatives involved in the investigation were
not yet through with them.
“They are still with us; they are with us
because they are still being interrogated,”
Uwujaren said.
Investigation however revealed that the
commission was making painstaking efforts to
ensure proper investigation and to charge the
suspect to court if culpability was established
against them.
A source at the commission, who confided in
our correspondent because he was not
authorized to speak on the issue, said that
the commission would take the suspects to
court as soon as they have evidence that could
stand the test of the court.
“You see, the commission is conducting a
holistic investigation into this issue.
“If those conducting the investigating do it
hurriedly, and the matter gets struck out in
the court, Nigerians will say that the EFCC is
doing a shoddy job.”
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