The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna has dismissed the appeal of Aminu Sule Lamido, the 34-year old son of former Jigawa State governor, Sule Lamido.
The dismissal is against the decision of the Federal High Court, Kano which found him guilty of the charge of money laundering brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.
Aminu Sule Lamido was arrested on December 11, 2012 by operatives of the EFCC, for failure to declare the sum of $40,000 in the Customs Currency Declaration Form. He was subsequently arraigned on February 4, 2013, on a one-acount charge of false declaration of foreign
currency.
Aminu was tried and consequently convicted on July 12, 2015 by a Federal High Court sitting in Kano and ordered to forfeit 25 percent of the undeclared sum.
Dissatisfied with the judgment of the trial court, Aminu filed an appeal at the Court of Appeal, Kaduna Division, praying the Appellate
court to set aside the judgment of the lower court.
EFCC, spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, said the Appellate court in its judgment, delivered by Justice H.A.O Abiru, upheld the decision of the
lower court and resolved all issues raised against the appellant.
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