Sule Lamido Granted Free Bail

A Federal High Court judge sitting in Abuja, Justice Gabriel Kolawole, on Tuesday, granted bail to former ‎Gov. Sule Lamido of Jigawa‎ on self-recognisance

His two sons, Mustapha and Aminu, and their alleged accomplice, Wada, each in the sum of N25 million and two sureties.

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 the bail application, the Federal High Court judge ordered Lamido to surrender all his travelling documents to the court’s Deputy Chief Registrar.

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.