Undeclared Cash : Supreme Court Affirms Forfeiture of $40,000 to Federal Government by Aminu Sule Lamido

The Supreme Court on Friday, January 16, 2026 upheld the judgments of the Federal High Court, Kano and that of the Court of Appeal, Kaduna Division which convicted and respectively held that Aminu Sule Lamido, son of former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido should forfeit the sum of $40,000 (Forty Thousand Dollars) undeclared at the Aminu Kano International Airport en route to Egypt. Lamido was arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on December 11, 2012 on his way to Cairo, Egypt, having on him the sum of $50, 000 (Fifty Thousand Dollars), which he falsel…

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Source	EFCC
Collection	Anti-corruption and elections
Kind	Document
Publisher	Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
Date	2026-01-16
Type	press-release
Found at	https://www.efcc.gov.ng/news/undeclared-cash-supreme-court-affirms-forfeiture-of-40000-to-federal-government-by-aminu-sule-lamido
Archived copy	Look it up in the Wayback Machine
Record ID	`efcc:news:13777`

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Undeclared Cash : Supreme Court Affirms Forfeiture of $40,000 to Federal Government by Aminu Sule Lamido. EFCC, 2026. Vero Archive, record efcc:news:13777.