The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, on April 11, 2016, presented more witnesses in the on-going
trial of former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, his two sons, Aminu and
Mustapha, and two others before Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High
Court in Maitama, Abuja.
Prosecution witness, Micheal
Wetkas, an operative of the EFCC, revealed how Lamido, his sons, and cohorts
received kickbacks, while masquerading the same as proceeds for executed
sub-contracts. He told the court that investigations into the alleged fraud
started in 2007 through 2015.
“We discovered that Dantata and
Sawoe Construction Company, which executed over 21 contracts totalling almost
N30bn, had continuously paid over N1bn into the accounts of Speeds
International Limited and Bamaina Holding Company – both accounts’ sole
signatory is Alhaji Sule Lamido. Investigations also revealed that about N100m
of third party cheques were cleared into the Access Bank Account of Speeds
International Limited, where the 3rd defendant (Mustapha Sule Lamido) is a
signatory,’’ Wetkas told the court.