Categories: PoliticsTop Stories

Breaking: Court Jails Farouk Lawan For Receiving Bribe From Femi Otedola

A High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) in Apo, Abuja has convicted former member of House of Representatives from Kano State, Farouk Lawan for receiving $500,000 bribe from a businessman, Femi Otedola.

 

Justice Angella Otaluka convicted Lawan on the three-count charge on which he was tried by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission (ICPC).

The judge sentenced him to seven years imprisonment in respect of counts one and two and five years on count three.

Details shortly…

thepublisherngr

Recent Posts

If Nigeria Had Conscience, IBB Would Not Show His Face In Public – Dele Farotimi

Human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, has condemned the description of former Military President, Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida (IBB)…

3 days ago

Afenifere youth leader abducted in Abuja, kidnappers demand N100 million ransom

The National President of the Afenifere Youth Council, Prince Eniola Ojajuni, has been abducted by…

3 days ago

Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan: Deji Adeyanju Threatens Akpabio, Family With Visa Ban

Human rights lawyer, Deji Adeyanju has threatened to petition various embassies to place visa ban…

3 days ago

Ibrahim Babangida’s Memoir: How I Destroyed Nigeria, By Bayo Oluwasanmi

No matter how hard Babangida tries to rewrite his own history, the grimness of his…

3 days ago

I had nothing to do with Dele Giwa’s death – IBB opens up

A former Military President of Nigeria, Ibrahim Badamosi Babangida, has denied any involvement in the…

3 days ago

Rivers Crisis: I Might Not Have Enjoyed Freedom If I Had Made Peace – Fubara

The Governor of Rivers State, Siminalayi Fubara has stated that God allowed the crisis in Rivers State…

5 days ago