The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested the son of the Governor of Jigawa State, at the Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) over alleged money laundering. Aminu Lamido, son of the Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, was arrested after $50,000 cash was found in his possession,
elombah.com learnt he was arrested around midnight Tuesday, while trying to board an Egypt Air flight to Cairo.
EFCC spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren told newsmen that Aminu was arrested for not declaring the true amount of the foreign currency he was travelling with.
When accosted by Customs officials, the governor's son, who is said to be notorious for travelling with large amount of cash, declared only $10,000.
But on further search by the EFCC agents, an additional $40,000 was found on him, which prompted his immediate arrest.
The governor's son is now in EFCC custody, preparatory to his being charged to court.
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Sule Lamido in his own words: Nigerians break the rules and expect their leaders to be different
Sule Lamido told the world that Nigerians break the rules and expect their leaders to be different.
Alhaji Lamido told GEOFFREY EKENNA in an interview that there is impunity all over, "yet you want governors, president, senators to cure you of these ills", he then asked the Compass journalist; "What are you doing to help us help ourselves?"
By Lamido's reasoning, almost Everyone in Nigeria is corrupt in a country certified as one of the most corrupt in the globe! So if as reported Aminu Lamido, son of the Governor of Jigawa State, Alhaji Sule Lamido, was arrested after $50,000 cash was found in his possession, Nigerians should not surprised. Afteral, he will not be the first, and will not be the last, ask Tunde Idiagbo,who sent his under-aged son to Mecca, even when he was battling against indiscipline, aka WAI!
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Many Nigerians were unperturbed when the global anti-corruption watchdog announced that our country is one of the 35 most corrupt countries in the world. Some of us even feel that the situation is worse than what was reflected in the latest Corruption Perception Index. Imagine that Nigerian civil servants alone reportedly took N450bn in bribes in 2010. What about the Halliburton bribery scandal that involved $180m allegedly distributed to 80 top Nigerian officials. Even to get admitted into some universities in Nigeria, you will need to pay a bribe up of about N150,000 (about $1,000), depending on the course. Corruption manifests at all levels and in all sectors of our national life. It is that bad. Human Rights Watch estimates that the endemic nature of corruption led to the loss of $380bn worth of revenue between 1999 and 2007 in Nigeria. About 47 per cent of companies that do business in Nigeria till date are said to expect to make 'facilitation' payments to public officials in order to get them to do their work.
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