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Saturday, 16 November 2013

LAMIDOS: CONNIVING AND DEFRAUDING BY FAMILY MEMBERS

Aminu and Mustapha Lamido, two sons of Sule Lamido, Jigawa State governor were arrested on Thursday in Kano by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for allegedly defraud the state government of over N10billion were flown to Abuja on Friday morning, for further interrogation..

It was revealed that Sule Lamido, allegedly connived with two of his sons, to steal and moved bulk of money, running into billions on naira, from the Jigawa State government between June 2010 and August 2013, into companies linked to the governor’s family members. Below are the details of some of the bad deals:
Skye Bank belonging to Bamaina Aluminium Limited, a company which has Governor Lamido and his two sons as directors, received N1.5billion, between June 2010 and August 2013

Unity Bank belonging to Bamaina Holdings Limited,has Governor Lamido as sole signatory, recorded total cash of over N1.19billion between February 2007 and July 2013.
 Bamaina Company Nigeria Limited, which has the governor, his two sons and one other person as directors, has another bank account with Mustapha as sole signatory. Between January 2010 and July 2013, over N500million withdrawals were made from the account, mostly by Mustapha.

Access Bank account operated by Mustapha and one other person, belonging to Rawda Integrated Services Limited also recorded over N32million paid by the Jigawa State government, between December 2008 and April 2009,.
Moreover, it was gathered that N32million was paid by the Jigawa State government into the account, which made several payments totaling over N50million to another company, Speeds International Limited, which has the governor and his two sons as directors.

First City Monument Bank, FCMB, account belongs to Rawda Integrated Services Limited has a different signatory, also records of huge cash of over N2.6billion.
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 Zenith Bank account also belongs to Rawda Integrated Services Limited with Mustapha as signatory, with over N1.1billion paid in by different individuals and organizations between January 2007 and May 2013.

Access Bank account belonging to Speeds International Limited, with Mustapha as its sole signatory, received total deposits of over N2.2billion between January 2007 and February 2010. This is apart from a dollar account it also maintains, which has total lodgements of over $346,700.

Fidelity Bank .belonging to Saby Integrated Nigeria Limited is the another company owned by the Lamidos, with Aminu Lamido as the sole signatory,   Investigators said a total of over N600million was lodged into the account from several Jigawa State government establishments between July 2010 and November 2012.

Some of the payments made into the account at different times included over N84million, over N300million, over N60million, over N48million and over N93million, while between January 2010 and August 2013 over N730million were paid into the account, 95 per cent of which were by different Jigawa State government institutions.

Investigations into the activities of the other companies are ongoing

Source: Premium Times

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