BREAKING: Kano Lawmaker Regains Freedom After Serving 5-Year Jail Term, Video Trends
TheTalk.NG journalist Esther Odili has over two years of experience covering political parties and movements.
A Kano State Federal lawmaker, Farouk Lawan, and former member of the House of Representatives, who was sentenced to five years imprisonment for demanding and accepting a $500,000 bribe has regained his freedom.
It’s worth noting that Lawan’s conviction was upheld by the Supreme Court on January 26, 2024.
He was found guilty of soliciting a $3 million bribe from Femi Otedola, a Nigerian billionaire oil tycoon while serving as chairman of the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating fuel subsidy fraud in 2012.
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Source: TheTalk.NG
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