Governor Sule Lamido's Son Arrested With N6.3million At Airport

One of the sons of Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido was arrested with undeclared N6.3 million at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport Kano on Tuesday night, the EFCC said yesterday. This amount is equivalent to US dollars $50,000.

Aminu Sule Lamido, 34, was arrested with $40,000 cash which he did not disclose in the Customs currency declaration form.

He declared only $10,000 to the Customs who let him pass. However, he was later intercepted along the way to the boarding area by a task force of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) who found the additional money on him, as reported in the Daily Trust. 

The 2010 graduate of Mass Communication from Bayero University Kano was picked up by the operatives of EFCC at about 11:15pm local time on Tuesday night, on his way to board a flight to Cairo Egypt.

According to Daily Trust, he was taken into custody at the EFCC Kano Zonal office near the state hajj camp.