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$3 Million Scandal: Police Detain Farouk Lawan by toluxa1(m): 8:10am On Jun 15, 2012 |
Online media Newspapers The chairman of the House of Representatives Adhoc committee on fuel subsidy, Farouk Lawan (PDP Kano) has been detained by the Nigeria police over $3 million bribe for clearance allegation levelled against him. The lawmaker was accused of collecting an installment of $620,000 bribe from a Billionaire Business man, Femi Otedola to absolve his companies from any wrongdoing in their report. Mr Otedola’s oil company, Zenon oil was actually exonerated in the report submitted and adopted by the house on April 14, 2012. Trouble started for Lawan when Mr Otedola said in interview that he gave the lawmaker $620,000 but explained it was a marked money from the state security service, SSS. The businessman said he reported the Lawmaker to the security after insisting that he must play ball in order to clear his companies. Farouk Lawan who has refused to honor police’s invitation since this scandal broke out, walked into the police net yesterday and was grilled for several hours and detained thereafter. African Examiner gathered that the police are still unable to recover the marked money from lawmaker. Meanwhile, the house will this morning meet at an emergency session to take a position on the incident, in which some members believe has brought a shame to the lower house. Our correspondent reports that some of the decisions that the house might take today include: To suspend Lawan Farouk, stand by the report of the committee and to exonerate the house leadership from the scandal. The plenary session is slated for 10.00 am Nigerian time. Farouk is one the highest ranking members in the House of Representatives. He has been in the house since 1999 and championed many anti-corruption movements, some which have landed him in juicy standing and ad-hoc committee’s chairmanship such as this scandalous House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on the Monitoring of the Subsidy Regime. Source - http://africanexaminer.com/lawan0615 |
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