EFCC arrest: Uneasy calm as Governor Lamido fights for sons release

It was a black day for Governor Lamido’s family Thursday night when two prominent members of his family, Mustapha Lamido, the District Head of Bamaina and his elder brother, Aminu Lamido were taken into custody by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over allegation of money laundering.

The two children of Jigawa state Governor were picked up in their various homes in Kano last night and were flown to Abuja by the Anti-graft agency for further investigation.


Sources at EFCC revealed that Mustapha Lamido, alumnus of University of Abuja, and his elder brother, Aminu Lamido who is also a 2010 mass communication graduate from Bayero University Kano were been investigated for alleged money laundering to the tune of N11billion..

The development is coming on the heel of arrest and conviction of Aminu Sule Lamido July 12th 2013 by a federal High court in Kano for laundering $50,000 US Dollars.

It was also learnt that the Jigawa Governor who was already in Sokoto ahead of Saturday Rotimi Amaechi faction of Governor’s forum retreat was forced to return to Abuja to confront the development.

A source close to the Governor confided stated that “I must confess to you that Lamido is completely shattered by the development and has sacrificed every other schedule at the moment to confront the emergency”.

The source explained that “Lamido is too passionate about his children and he would do everything at this trying moment to secure their freedom”.

Confirming the incident in Abuja, Spokesman of EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren revealed that “yes, two persons were arrested in Kano for money laundering, and investigation is on “.

In the meantime, uneasy calm pervades the ancestral home of Lamido Friday as the news filtered in that their District head popularly referred to as Hakimi, Mustapha Lamido and his elder brother, Aminu Sule has been nabbed by EFCC over money laundering.

Most respondents who appeared piqued by the turn of event were of the opinion that the arrest were politically motivated as they stressed that “we believe in prayers and we would take our case to God for his intervention”.

The eldest son of the governor, Aminu, was earlier arrested by the EFCC on Dec. 11, 2012 at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport for money laundering to the tune of 50,000 dollars.

He was convicted but not sentenced by a Federal High Court in Kano on July 12