Sule Lamido

Sule Lamido
Governor of Jigawa State
In office
29 May 2007 – 29 May 2015
DeputyAhmad Mahmud
Preceded bySaminu Turaki
Succeeded byBadaru Abubakar
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
1999–2003
PresidentOlusegun Obasanjo
Preceded byIgnatius Olisemeka
Succeeded byOluyemi Adeniji
Member of the
House of Representatives of Nigeria
from Kano State
In office
1979–1983
Preceded byposition established
ConstituencyBirnin Kudu
Personal details
Born (1948-08-30) 30 August 1948 (age 76)
Bamaina, Northern Region, British Nigeria (now in Jigawa State, Nigeria)
Political partyPeoples Democratic Party
Other political
affiliations		People's Redemption Party (1979–1983)
Children11
OccupationPolitician

Sule Lamido (born 30 August 1948) is a Nigerian politician who served as the governor of Jigawa State from 2007 to 2015. He previously served as the foreign affairs minister of Nigeria from 1999 to 2003.[1] He is a member of the Peoples Democratic Party.

In 2015, he and two of his sons were put on trial for embezzling state funds by the EFCC.[2][3]

  1. ^ "Past Governors". Jigawa State Government. 28 August 1991. Retrieved 10 June 2023.
  2. ^ "Court grants bail to Lamido, sons". TheCable. 14 July 2015. Retrieved 1 April 2020.
  3. ^ "EFCC re-arraigns Sule Lamido, sons over alleged N1.35bn fraud - Premium Times Nigeria". 24 October 2018. Retrieved 1 April 2020.