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Nigerian Supreme Court affirms ex-Rep Farouk Lawan’s five-year prison sentence

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Hope of a former House of Representatives member from Kano State, Mr Farouk Lawan, to get his five years sentencing over bribery conviction quashed, was on Friday dashed, as the Supreme Court dismissed his appeal for lacking in merit. Lawan was convicted by a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on June 22, […]

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Ex-Reps member, Farouk Lawan sentenced to 7 years in prison over $.5m Bribe

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A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, Nigeria, presided over by Justice Angela Ataluka, has sentenced a former Member of the House of Representatives from Kano State, Farouk Lawan, to seven years imprisonment over a $500,000 bribe collected from billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola. In file No. FHC/HC/CR/76/2013, a $3 million bribery charge was instituted by […]

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