The ex-governor was picked up on Sunday
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Aminu was arrested on December 11, 2012 by operatives of the EFCC at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport on his way to Egypt for failure to declare $40,000 in the Customs Currency Declaration Form after initially declaring the statutory $10,000 to the Nigeria Customs Service
Investigations by The Punch revealed that operatives of the anti-graft agency picked up the former governor and his two sons, Mustapha and Aminu, in Abuja
The duo were moved to the Abuja office of the EFCC on Friday morning
When he was arraigned before Justice Riman on February 4, 2013, Aminu pleaded not guilty to the charge and was remanded in prison pending hearing of his application for bail
One of its witnesses, Sanusi Ahmed, who is an operative of the EFCC, told the court that the accused person only registered $10,000 in the Nigerian Customs Declaration Form only for a search to reveal that he had $50,000 on him. He identified the Customs Declaration Form when it was shown to him
Lamido was arrested by operatives of the EFCC at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport Kano on December 11, 2012 on his way to Cairo, Egypt
Aminu, who faces a one count charge of money laundering, was arrested by EFCC December 12, 2012 at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano on his way to Egypt, for failure to declare the $50,000 he had on him to the Nigeria Customs Service as required under Section 12 of the Foreign Exchange (Monitoring and Miscellaneous Provisions) Act Cap F 34 Laws of the federation of Nigeria 2004 and Section 2(3) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011 and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 2(5) of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act, 2011