The
EFCC has granted bail to Aminu, the eldest son of the Jigawa State Governor, Sule
Lamido, who was recently arrested for money laundering.
Aminu was arrested on
Tuesday at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport Kano, MAKIA, for alleged
money laundering. He was caught with $40,000 (N7.5 million), an amount which
is in excess of the authorized $10,000 allowed by law for travellers leaving
the country.
However, in a statement
broadcast on Radio Jigawa, the governor’s Chief Press Secretary, Kyari
Madamuwa, he said Aminu was going to use the money to offset the hospital bills
of his daughter lying critically ill in a Cairo hospital.
Kyari frowned at the
level of publicity the story has generated, saying that it was the handiwork of
the opposition to distract the governor.
Also,
the National Association of Northern State Students Unions, NANSSU, accused
politicians opposed to Lamido’s presidential ambition in 2015 of being behind
Aminu’s arrest.
NANSSU Secretary
General, Comrade Ado Shehu, said in a statement that it was an attempt to
tarnish the governor’s image.
Meanwhile, The EFCC spokesperson, Mr.
Wilson Uwujaren, said the commission was still working on the case to ensure
Aminu’s early prosecution for the financial crime because he was freed on administrative
bail as there were no judges available to take his plea today due to “judges
conference” taking place in Abuja.
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