An FCT High Court has sentenced a former member of the House of Representatives and chairman of the Adhoc Committee on Petroleum Subsidy, Hon. Farouk
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.
Lawan represented Kiru/Bebeji federal constituency of Kano State in the House of Representatives from 1999 to 2015.
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