The former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, can now heave a sigh of relief as a Fedearl High Court sitting in Abuja has granted him free bail.
Ex- Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Tuesday, July 14, authorized the release of detained former Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido without bail or extra conditionality.
Justice Gabriel Kolawole had granted Lamido bail on self-recognition, in the money laundering charge preferred against him and his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha, together with one Wada Abubakar by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The other three accused persons also secured bail, but in the sum of N25 million each, with two sureties in like sum.
The Lamidos and Mustapha had been remanded in the Kano prisons by Justice Evelyn Ayandike of the Federal High Court sitting in Kano, after declining the bail applications brought forward by the counsel to the suspects, Mr. Effiong Effiong, SAN.
Justice Ayandike had also refused the request of Lamido and the other three accused persons to be detained in the EFCC custody, because the commission had said there was no space to keep the high profile suspects in its facilities in Kano and Abuja.
Adjourning the case till September 28, 2015, Justice Ayandike directed that it be referred to a vacation judge who would consider the bail applications.