Supreme Court Upholds Five-Year Sentence Of Ex-lawmaker, Farouk Lawan
The Supreme Court has upheld the five years sentence of former House of Representatives member, Farouk Lawan. Honourable bagged a five-year jail term for receiving a bribe of $500,000 from businessman, Femi Otedola. Lawan was tried for receiving $500,000 bribe during a legislative probe into the fuel subsidy regime in 2012. Justice Angela Otaluka of the Federal court, held that Lawan demanded $3 million and received $500,000 from Femi Otedola […]