Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido will be arraigned alongside
two of his sons - Aminu Sule Lamido and Mustapha Sule Lamido; Aminu
Wada Abubakar, and his (Lamido’s) companies: Bamaina Holdings Ltd and
Speeds International Ltd for allegedly defrauding the state to the tune
of N1.35billion. In the course of the trial today, the first prosecution
witness, Philip Adepoju, a banker with Guaranty Trust Bank who was
subpoenaed before the court presented account opening package of
Interior Woodwork Limited, statement of account from July 2007 to
December 2013 and certification of identification. They were all
admitted in evidence However, the statement of account for Interior
Woodwork Limited of which the Prosecution Counsel, Chile Okoroma
intended to tender through the witness could not be admitted due to an
objection raised by the defense. The defense, led by Kanu Agabi, SAN,
objected to the admissibility of the document, stating that the
documents were not front-loaded into evidence and even if it was
admitted they will need time to study it. Okoroma, however told the
court that the prosecution had tendered the same documents in the
previous court where the case was formerly heard.Former Governor Sule Lamido and his son's fraud trial to continue today
Former Governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido will be arraigned alongside
two of his sons - Aminu Sule Lamido and Mustapha Sule Lamido; Aminu
Wada Abubakar, and his (Lamido’s) companies: Bamaina Holdings Ltd and
Speeds International Ltd for allegedly defrauding the state to the tune
of N1.35billion. In the course of the trial today, the first prosecution
witness, Philip Adepoju, a banker with Guaranty Trust Bank who was
subpoenaed before the court presented account opening package of
Interior Woodwork Limited, statement of account from July 2007 to
December 2013 and certification of identification. They were all
admitted in evidence However, the statement of account for Interior
Woodwork Limited of which the Prosecution Counsel, Chile Okoroma
intended to tender through the witness could not be admitted due to an
objection raised by the defense. The defense, led by Kanu Agabi, SAN,
objected to the admissibility of the document, stating that the
documents were not front-loaded into evidence and even if it was
admitted they will need time to study it. Okoroma, however told the
court that the prosecution had tendered the same documents in the
previous court where the case was formerly heard.
