Update: Corruption: Court remands Lamido, sons in prison custody

Ismail Mudashir, Kano

Thu, 9 Jul 2015 9:42:13 WAT

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Former governor of Jigawa state, Alhaji Sule Lamido and his two sons in a court in Kano on Thursday

A Federal High Court in Kano on Thursday remanded former governor of Jigawa state Sule Lamido and his two sons in prison custody over fraud allegations.

Our correspondent reports that the ex-governor and his two sons will be in prison custody till September 28 for the next hearing.

Earlier at about 9am, Lamido and his two sons arrived the Federal High Court Kano in a coaster bus led by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) operatives.

Lamido and his sons, Aminu and Mustapha were arrested in Abuja on Tuesday.

Daily Trust correspondent observed the EFCC operatives handing over the trio to officials from the Kano Central Prisons who took them away in a waiting bus.

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