The trial of former Jigawa State Governor, Sule Lamido, and his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha Lamido, over an alleged N1.35 billion fraud suffered another setback on Monday after Joe Agi, lead defence counsel, failed to appear before the Federal High Court in Abuja due to medical reasons.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) is prosecuting Lamido and his sons on a 37-count charge bordering on alleged money laundering, receipt of kickbacks and fictitious contract awards amounting to N1.35 billion.
According to the anti-graft agency, the alleged offences were committed during Lamido’s tenure as governor of Jigawa State between 2007 and 2015.
The matter came up before Ijeoma Ojukwu, Justice, at the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, but proceedings could not continue following the absence of the defence’s lead counsel.
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