Colonel Abubakar Umar (rtd) has expressed surprised at the decision of the Federal High Court, Kano to remand former governor of Jigawa State, Sule Lamido and his two sons to prison custody.
The retired colonel, in a statement on Friday, insisted that the offence, for which Sule Lamido and his two sons were charged, is clearly a bailable offence.
“This is why it appears strange that not only were they refused bail but they are remanded in prison custody for about three months.
“This means that both Sule and his sons have started serving a prison sentence even before the commencement of their trial.”
Umar said that it behoves on all men of good conscience to appeal to the trial Judge to reconsider this high-handed decision.
He said that the principle of the accused being adjudged innocent until proven guilty must apply Lamido’s case, stressing that “We are also aware that persons with similar cases had been granted and are being granted bail.
“We appeal to the trial judge to temper justice with mercy by granting Governor Sule Lamido and his sons bail,” Umar said.
Recalled that the immediate past Jigawa chief executives and his two sons, Aminu Sule Lamido, Mustapha Sule Lamido and one Aminu Wada Abubaka, were on Thursday remanded in prison custody by Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court, Abuja.
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