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Just in: $500,000 bribe: Rep. Faruk Lawan regains freedom after serving jail term

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Farouk Lawan, a former member of the House of Representatives, has been released from prison after completing his five-year sentence.

He was convicted for accepting a $500,000 bribe from billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola, the Chairman of Zenon Petroleum and Gas Ltd.

He was found guilty of soliciting a $3 million bribe from Otedola while serving as the Chairman of the House ad-hoc Committee that investigated fuel subsidy fraud in 2012.

Persecondnews recalls that Lawan’s conviction was upheld by the Supreme Court on January 26, 2024.

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