Lamido gets bail on self recognition, sons to pay N25m each
Adetokunbo Fakeye
Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday evening granted the former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido bail on self recogntion.
His two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, and their alleged accomplice, Wada Abubakar, were granted bail in the sum of N25million each and they were to provide two sureties, one of who must be a civil servant not bellow grade level 16.
Justice Gabriel Kolawole, who granted the bail, however ordered Lamido to surrender all his traveling documents to the Deputy Chief Registrar of the court.
Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Kano Division of the high court had on July 9, remanded the ex-governor and his sons in prison after they were arraigned over a 28-count criminal charge that was entered against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC. Lamidi, his two sons and other are facing trial over alleged money laundering and illegal diversion of N1.35 billion state funds.
The ex-governor is said to have abused his position as governor of Jigawa State between 2007 and 2015, by awarding contracts to companies where he has interest, using his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha as front.