Amount of Cash Governor Lamido’s Son Possessed Higher than Declared – EFCC

Aminu, the eldest son of Jigawa State Governor Alhaji Sule Lamido, was arrested at Mallam Aminu Kano Airport by Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Nigeria Customs Service on Wednesday for alleged money laundering.

Aminu was arrested when he was about to board a plane to Cairo by 12.30am.

Aminu had declared $10,000 at the counter, although $40,000 was later discovered in his luggage after further search and interrogation.

He was promptly arrested by the EFCC officials.

Spokesperson for the EFCC, Mr. Wilson Uwujaren, while confirming the arrest said the accused will be charged to court as soon as their operatives conclude their investigations.

Aminu had been transferred to EFCC custody, pending his arraignment in court.

The governor’s spokesperson, Umar Kyari, was unavailable to comment on the arrest of Lamido’s son.

In another development, an Anti Corruption Network has called on the Federal Government to prosecute and sack the management team of the Nigeria Security Printing and Minting Company, following the missing of N2.1bn.

Newly Printed N1000 bills disappeared from the company’s vault last week.

After staging a massive public protest at Victoria Island, Lagos, on Monday, the group said the authorities responsible for the investigation much produce results.

Adding, the group said only a 30 tonne truck or about three bullion vans that could move such a huge volume of physical cash.

It was therefore shocked how such an amount of money could disappear.

Lagos State Coordinator of the group, Mr. Ayo Oyalowo, said, “We are gathered here today as law-abiding and concerned citizens of Nigeria to show our displeasure towards the shameless and barefooted looting that has characterised the present government in Nigeria.

“How do you explain the disappearance of a whopping N2.1bn from the vaults of the NSPMC? In addition, as we speak all that have been done or we have heard from the officials are some half-hearted and unconvincing speeches.

“Let the Federal Government of Nigeria immediately fire the entire management and board of NSPMC. We also ask that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission diligently prosecute anyone found culpable in this shameful act.”

He said a society where criminals continued to get away with huge crimes, is giving an open invitation to anarchy.

“Such development will ultimately force the people to take the laws into their own hands,” Oyalowo said.

2 Comments

1. 

   olastushai

   December 13, 2012 at 10:23 am

   nice work EFCC but pls dont take settlement later on
2. 

   walerich

   December 13, 2012 at 2:13 pm

   EFCC is not the major problem but our court of justice and the crop of shameless judges and lawyers we have.