The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested Mustapha and Aminu Lamido, sons of the Jigawa state Governor, on Thursday night.
The Governor’s sons were reportedly arrested for alleged money laundering and flown to Abuja for questioning.
A sum of N10 billion was allegedly transferred from Jigawa state government account into the accounts of the Lamido sons.
Although an EFCC representative in Kano state told Channels Television that he is not aware of the arrest, a member of the agency in Abuja confirmed the arrest.
It would be recalled that Aminu Sule Lamido, the eldest son of the governor, was arrested in December 2012 at the Mallam Aminu Kano Airport on his way to Cairo, Egypt for failure to declare the sum of $50,000 he had in his possession.
Aminu was arrested during security checks as he prepared to board an Egypt Air flight to Cairo.
His arrest followed the discovery that he allegedly declared $10,000 in his possession to the Nigerian Customs at the airport while a physical search by operatives of the EFCC found he had tucked away another $40,000, totaling $50,000.
His brother Mustapha is being quizzed for the first time in the fresh case of laundering 10 billion naira, within a space of six to seven years.
The EFCC has said it is prepared to try the suspects in court, in order to compel them to return the stolen money to government’s treasury.
