Friday, 1 February 2013

$620,000 BRIBE : FAROUK LAWAN FACES TRIAL TODAY



Finally, the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other-Related Offences Commission will today arraign a member of the House of Representatives,  Farouk Lawan, over a seven-count  charge bearing on corrupt enrichment.
The charge stems from allegations by a businessman, Chief Femi Otedola, that Lawan demanded  and received  $620,000 as a bribe from him while he (Lawan) was   the chairman of  the House AdHoc Committee on Monitoring of Fuel Subsidy Regime.
The arraignment of Lawan  alongside the secretary of the adhoc committee, Mr. Boniface Emenalo, seems an indication of  the Federal Government sudden readiness to up the tempo of its anti-corruption campaign.

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