Farouk Lawan who is at the centre of the
$3 million bribery scandal in the House of
Representatives, yesterday revealed in Abuja, that
he reported the bribe to law enforcement agents as
far back as April 24.
Documents released by National Assembly sources
to the media, yesterday, showed that Lawan
reportedly intimated the House Committee on
Financial Crimes in a letter dated April 24, 2012, of
pressures to offer him bribe to influence the
outcome of the investigation into the fuel subsidy
scheme.
In a letter to the leadership of the House, Lawan
also said his “life has been under constant threat
since the fuel probe begun.”
Hon. Lawan reported the bribe to the police
following which the Inspector-General in a letter
dated, May 9, 2012, directed a task force on
investigation to meet him.
The IGP in the letter with reference number
CR:3000/IGP.SEC/STF/FHQ/ABJ/VOL 2/309
called Lawan’s attention to an interview he granted
a national newspaper on April 28, 2012 and
directed, “a discreet investigation into the matter.”
The letter was signed by the Commissioner of
Police, Special Task Force, Ali Amodu.
He said that in another letter dated May 16, 2012
with reference number CR:3000/IGP.SEC/STF/
FHQ/ABJ/VOL 2/319, and signed by Amodu, the
IGP requested money exhibit, names of witnesses
and other material evidence from him.
Hon. Lawan explained that in a letter dated May 31,
2012, he told the IGP that the matter (bribe offer)
had been referred to the relevant committee of the
House for legislative actions.
After the correspondence between the IGP and
Hon. Farouk, the IGP in a letter to the Speaker of
the House, Rt Hon. Aminu Tambuwal, dated June
4, 2012, stated that a detailed criminal
investigation had been ordered into the matter.
In the letter titled, “Investigation activities: Letter
of invitation in a case of criminal conspiracy and
attempt to pervert the course of justice by offering
gratification,” the office of the IGP stated that “the
Inspector General of Police has directed a detailed
criminal investigation into the matter.”
Mr. Otedola, had in an interview with a national
newspaper, yesterday alleged that Hon. Farouk and
the Secretary of the Committee, Boniface Emenalo,
had collected a total $620,000 from him in a sting
operation masterminded by the security agencies.
He said that during the probe, Zenon told the
committee that it had nothing to do with the
subsidy regime because it was not importing petrol,
which is being subsidized but that Hon. Farouk
insisted on being bribed to leave his company’s
name out of the report which prompted him to
offer him marked currency notes.
Source- www.vanguardngr.com/2012/06/i-told-efcc-about-bribe-money-in-april-lawan-farouk/

Interesting
Curious&Curiouser(sic)!
Hope Reno aka Beaf is reading this seeing he's been gloating& starting threads since Hon Lawan was accused of bribe taking.