Former Governor Sule Lamido of Jigawa State has been exposed.
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) witness, Michael Wetkas has exposed the ex-governor and his two sons, Aminu and Mustapha.
EFCC’s spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren in a statement said;
“Wetkas, with the aid of a chart, showed the court how Lamido received payments into his personal accounts from Dantata and Sawoe Construction Company, Interior Woodworks Ltd., and A.G Ferrero & Co Ltd., who were contractors in Jigawa State via Bamaina Holdings Ltd. and Speeds International Ltd accounts which has him and the 3rd defendant, Mustapha, as sole signatories.”
“While Dantata & Sawoe Construction Company received over N21bn for contracts from the state, the duo of A.G Ferrero & Co Ltd and Interior Woodworks Ltd. received over N8bn and over N3bn, respectively, for contracts they executed for the state, records, according to the witness, showed that A.G Ferrero paid over N114m into the Skye Bank account of Bamaina Company Ltd.”
“Dantata & Sawoe Construction Company also paid over N116m and N273,474,775.00, respectively, into both the Access Bank and Unity Bank accounts of Speeds International Ltd. He also noted that cheques totaling about N397,553,470.00 from Dantata & Sawoe Construction Company were paid into the Unity Bank account of Speeds International Limited.”
“The witness also pointed out that cheques amounting to about N14.8m were paid into the personal account of the first defendant, while N48m was paid into Bamaina Company Ltd which has the first defendant as sole signatory.”
“Flowing from the activities and investigations conducted, it was revealed that no sub-contract or contracts for purchase of bitumen, diesel and steel iron, were executed by the defendants’ companies to warrant such payments”.
“The documents recovered from Dantata & Sawoe Construction Company, where the transactions were supposed to be reflected if they were carried out, there were no entries for years 2007, 2008 and 2009.”
“Within that period, over N500m was said to be paid for the purported sub-contract or contract”.