Court orders ex Jigawa gov, Sule Lamido and 2 sons remanded in prison till Sept 28th

A Federal high court sitting in Kano has ordered that former governor of Jigawa state Sule Lamido and two of his sons, Aminu and Mustapha be remanded in Kano Prison till September 28th when their bail application will be heard. The former governor and his sons are being accused of collecting bribe totaling N1.35 billion from government contractors when he was governor. Picture above shows the former governor and his sons arriving court this morning...

At the hearing today, the presiding judge, Justice Evelyn Anyadike ruled that the former governor, his sons and one of his aides, Aminu Mustapha be kept in Kano prison despite a plea from their counsel that they should be transferred to the EFCC cell in Abuja or Kano. EFCC counsel had objected to this, claiming that the cells in both Kano and Abuja are full to capacity.