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EFCC Re-arraigns Ex-Jigawa Gov, Lamido, Sons over N1.35bn Fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday October 24, 2018 re-arraigned a former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, on a 43-count amended charge bordering on abuse of office and money laundering before Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Maitama, Abuja. The case had previously been heard by Justices Adeniyi Ademola and Babatunde Quadri before its eventual transfer to Justice Ojukwu by the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court, Justice Abdul Kafarati. It would be recalled that, Lamido had earlier challenged the transfer of his case at the Feder…