Former governor of Jigawa state, Alhaji Sule Lamido has stated that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) did not charge him to court for stealing.
Lamido made the statement in an interview with Premium Times published today, January 5.
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Asked if he collected bribe from a major contractor in the state as alleged by the anti-graft body, Lamido said: ”I cannot speak on that because the issue is already in court.
”Secondly, the EFCC should proof whether it was a bribe or a Code of Conduct issue. In the charges they brought against me, there was no where they said I stole the Jigawa State Government money.’‘
He concluded by saying: ”Because we are in court, I don’t want to say more on the issue. Let the court determine whether I am guilty or not.”
Read the full interview here.
The former governor made headlines when he was re arraigned by the EFCC alongside his sons, Aminu Sule Lamido and Mustapha Sule Lamido before a federal high court in Abuja over charges bordering on corruption and money laundering.
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Aminu Lamido had filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna state asking the court to set aside the decision of the lower court that found him guilty of laundering $40,000 (N7.96 million).
He was arrested by operatives of the EFCC on December 11, 2012 at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport on his way to Egypt for failure to declare the sum of $40,000 in the Customs Currency Declaration Form after initially declaring the statutory $10,000 to the Nigeria Custom Service.
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