After spending 72 hours with his two sons in Kano Central Prison, immediate past governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido, has imputed political motives to his incarceration.
According to the former governor, he is being persecuted by
those who feel that they would not be able to actualise their presidential
ambition with him around the political arena.
Lamido, who spoke through his media aide, Umar Kyari,
yesterday, drew the attention of Nigerians and the international community to
the attempt being made by those he called “my political enemies” to silence him
using the instrumentality of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission
(EFCC).
Lamido pointed out that it was clear from the outset that
there was a grand design to put him away in prison for a long time under the
guise of money laundering and sundry charges so as to pave the way for his
political enemies to have their way.
The former governor, whose many supporters relocated to the
Kano Central Prison where they kept
vigil over him and his two sons, said he was determined to prove to
Nigerians that he was innocent but was merely being witch-hunted by those who
feel threatened by his rising political profile.
Lamido’s spokesman said: “This current effort to frame and
denigrate the former governor of Jigawa State with a view to rubbishing his
high performance in office will come to naught at the end of the day.
“Lamido remains nothing but a scion of accountability and
integrity who has always fought on the side of the people, particularly the
downtrodden and the vulnerable, since he came into the national political
scene.
“He remains unshaken over the trumped-up charges slammed on
him by the EFCC knowing that he has not committed any offense to warrant being
thrown into the prison over a bailable offense.
“But the refusal by his traducers to grant him and his sons
bail when others charged same day and time for even more grievous offences were
admitted to bail speaks volume of the intention and mindset of those who are
after him.
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