The Supreme Court has dismissed the appeal by Aminu Sule Lamido, the 34-year-old son of former Jigawa Governor, Sule Lamido, against his conviction on the charge of failure to declare $40,000 cash at the airport and false declaration of foreign currency brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC).
The apex court, in a unanimous judgment of a five-member panel, delivered on Friday, resolved all the three issues, identified for determination in the appeal, against the appellant.
In the lead judgment written by Justice Adamu Jauro, but read by Justice Abubakar Umar, the apex court held that the appeal lacked merit, dismissed it and affirmed the earlier judgment of the Court of Appeal, Kaduna which upheld the decision of the Federal High Court, Kano.
The Federal High Court, Kano had, in its judgment on July 12, 2015 convicted Aminu and ordered him to forfeit 25 per cent of the undeclared foreign currency to the Federal Government.
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