The Court of Appeal, Abuja Division, has reserved its ruling in the appeal filed by the former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, challenging the decision of the Federal High Court dismissing his no-case submission on the N1.35 billion fraud allegation. Recall that Lamido, his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, Aminu Wada Abubakar, and their companies, Bamaina Holdings Ltd and Speeds International Ltd are standing trial before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on a 37-count amended charge of money laundering to the tune of N1.35 billion fraud.
Mr Lamido, a former governor of Jigawa State, appealed against last year’s Federal High Court judgement declaring that he had a case to answer regarding the N1.35 billion fraud charges filed against him and his co-defendants.
If Lamido was not here, Jigawa would have remained a hard to reach area without an airport and its facilities. Lamido thought faster that dignitaries would not find it cumbersome to visit Jigawa by flight so as not to make it isolated from the rest of the country.
Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) presidential candidate, Alhaji Atiku Abubakar was in Jigawa State yesterday, where he promised to invest heavily in agriculture