Ex-Lawmaker Farouk Lawan Regains Freedom From Kuje Prison After Serving Jail Term

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A former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan, has been released from Kuje Custodial Centre in Abuja after completing his five-year jail term for bribery.

Lawan, who served as the chairman of the House ad-hoc committee investigating the multi-billion naira petrol subsidy fraud in 2012, was convicted in 2021 for accepting a $500,000 bribe from businessman Femi Otedola.

LEADERSHIP recalls that Lawan was sentenced to prison after being found guilty of soliciting a $3 million bribe from Otedola in exchange for removing Zenon Petroleum and Gas Limited, Otedola’s former…

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