Nigeria, Jan. 16 -- The Supreme Court, on Friday, affirmed the conviction of 44-year-old Aminu Sule Lamido, son of former Jigawa State Governor Sule Lamido, for failing to declare $40,000 found on him at the airport in Kano in 2012.

A five-member panel of the Supreme Court delivered the unanimous judgement dismissing Aminu's appeal challenging his conviction by the Federal High Court in Kano.

In the lead judgement written by Adamu Jauro but read by Abubakar Umar, the court held that Aminu's appeal lacked merit.

After resolving all the three central issues in the case against him, the court affirmed the earlier judgement of the Court of Appeal, Kaduna, which had upheld the decision of the Federal High Court, Kano.

It was a double whamm...