An Abuja High Court has sentenced a former member of the House of Representatives and chairman of the Adhoc Committee on Petroleum Subsidy, Hon. Farouk Lawan, to seven years imprisonment for collecting $500,000 bribe from oil magnate and businessman, Femi Otedola.
The court also ordered that the defendant return the bribe sum to the Federal Government coffers.
Lawan was accused of demanding $3 million bribe from billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, in order to remove his firms from the list of companies indicted for oil subsidy fraud by the House Committee.
The former lawmaker was found guilty on all the three-count charge brought against him by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC).
According to Justice Angella Otaluka in her ruling, for count one and two, the court sentenced him to seven years while for count three he was sentenced to five years. The sentences are to run concurrently.
Lawan represented Kiru/Bebeji federal constituency of Kano State in the House of Representatives from 1999 to 2015.
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