A former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan, has been released from incarceration after serving a five-year sentence at Kuje Prison. Lawan’s freedom from imprisonment comes in the wake of the Supreme Court’s confirmation in January of the five-year sentence initially imposed by the Court of Appeal. Lawan was convicted in 2021 for accepting a bribe of $500,000 from Femi Otedola, the Chairman of Zenon Petroleum and Gas Ltd. In a unanimous decision, a five-member panel upheld the 2022 ruling of the Court of Appeal, which maintained Lawan’s…
Former Lawmaker, Farouk Lawan Released From Prison
