The Nation Newspaper Supreme Court decides jailed ex-Reps member Farouk Lawan's fate January 26
A five-member panel led by Justice John Okoro chose the date on Thursday after lawyers to parties made their final submissions and adopted their written briefs.
Lawan’s lawyer, Joseph Daudu had, while urging the court to first take the bail application, said his client’s health was threatened. Daudu urged the court to allow his client’s appeal and set aside the judgment of the Court of Appeal. Lawyer to the Fed Govt, Bagudu Sanni urged the court to affirm the judgment of the Court of Appeal and dismiss the appeal.
But, in is unanimous judgment, a three-member panel of the Court of Appeal, led by the court’s President, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, quashed Lawan’s conviction on counts one and two. She further noted that while Lawan was accused of demanding and agreeing to $300m bribe from Otedola during phone conversations, it was incumbent on the investigators to obtain the call logs and analyse them.
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