Clerk to Farouk Lawan, when he served as the House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy, Boniface Emenalo, has revealed how he collected $100,000 from billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola. Speaking on Monday before a Federal Capital Territory High Court, Lugbe, Emenalo said the funds were part of the alleged $3m bribe promised to... Read More

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November 18, 2014

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Judge withdraws from Farouk Lawan’s $620,000 bribery case

by James Sambo On Tuesday, 17 November, Justice Adebukola Banjoko withdrew from the $620,000 bribery charges instituted against a former Chairman, House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy, Mr. Farouk Lawan. Justice Banjoko of a Federal Capital Territory High Court in Gudu, Abuja, voluntarily withdrew from the case and ordered the case file to... Read More

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July 7, 2014

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A week to his 52nd birthday, we profile the rise and fall of Farouk Lawan (YNaija Long Read)

by Nchekwube Efunesi As he listened intently – from where he stood in the dock – to the court registrar reeling out all seven counts accusing him of seeking a US$3 million bribe, Farouk Lawan still wore that dazed look of a year ago. It was the look of a man yet to come to... Read More

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February 3, 2013

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Too posh: Farouk Lawan rejects prison food, sleeps in ‘choice’ cell

by Rachel Ogbu House of Rep member, Farouk Lawan, and the Secretary of the Ad Hoc Committee on Monitoring of Fuel Subsidy Regime, Boniface Emenalo are given special treatment in prison, new reports claim. According to the reports, the pair who are detained at Kuje Prison, Abuja, on a court order are enjoying special treatment... Read More

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August 13, 2012

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We’ll try Farouk Lawan with or without the $620,000 – Prosecutors

by Isi Esene The marked $620,000 which Hon. Farouk Lawan allegedly received as bribe from billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, seem to have grown wings. The police investigating the bribe scandal say they are unable to find the money. The money was allegedly offered to Farouk to remove Otedola’s company from the list of companies named... Read More

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