“When the rich wage war, it’s the poor who die.” That was Jean-Paul Sartre’s summation in: “The Devil and the Good Lord.” Nigerians found themselves embroiled in yet another chapter of an endless, vexatious, and scandalous war. The war against greed. The war against this nation’s untreatable sickness. The war against aggressive hyper-corruption
Browsing: Farouk Lawan
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).
NAN reports that Lawan was the Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy in 2012.
Lawan, through his counsel, Chief Mike Ozekhome (SAN) on Thursday, filed the matter before Justice Angela Otaluka.
The former Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy Regime, Farouk Lawan, facing alleged $3million fuel subsidy bribe, on Monday hinted that he would file a no-case submission in an FCT High Court, Apo.
Femi Otedola, a prosecution witness in the ongoing trial of a former member of House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan, over bribery allegation has said the 500,000 dollars offered to the defendant is from the Department of State Service.
Halilu said the administration of criminal justice must be followed in the interest of justice, adding that the transfer of cases from one court to the other remains the administrative powers of the Chief Judge.
Lawan, who was the former Chairman, House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy in the 7th National Assembly, was docked before Justice Yusuf Halilu of FCT High Court, Jabi.
The witness, David Igbodo, who is Commissioner of Police, Legal Services and Investigating Police Officer in the office of Inspector General of Police, Special Investigation Unit, told the court that Lawan was caught on video due to a sting operation by the Department of State Services
Apart from the application, Lawan had also personally petitioned the FCT Chief Judge, accusing Justice Banjoko of likely bias based on an alleged close relationship between her and the Chairman of Zenon Petroleum and Gas Limited, Femi Otedola, who is a proposed witness and the accuser in the case
The Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission filed a seven-count criminal charge against Lawan and the Secretary of the Committee, Boniface Emenalo
Joined in the case is Lawan’s Secretary, Boniface Emenalo.
Both men are facing a seven-count criminal charge bordering on obtaining @620,000 Otedola in order to doctor the committee’s report in favour of Zenon Oil and Gas Limited, owned by the oil magnate
“Sometime, simply because of the pressure or the determination to get students back to classes, government agrees to certain things they knew then they may not be able to meet as easily as possible
“I am considering the fact that granting a stay of proceedings, in my view, will delay the trial, and in a criminal trial, time is important,” he said
An Abuja High Court, presided over by Justice Mudashiru Oniyangi, on Friday morning dismissed the application of the accused to quash the charges
Lawan, PDP Kano, is facing trial in an Abuja High Court over $620,000 bribe he was alleged to have collected from businessman and oil magnate, Femi Otedola
Lawan and Emenalo, who have been in Kuje Prison since last week, were accused of collecting a bribe of $620,000 from oil magnate and Chairman of Zenon Petroleum and Gas Limited, Femi Otedola.
Yerima said by isolating Lawan for prosecution and tacitly dumping the House of Reps fuel subsidy probe resolution, the Presidency appeared desperate to tilt both the subsidy scam and bribery scandal in favour of Otedola, described by the statement as the Presidency’s protégé
The presiding judge, Justice M.N. Oniyangi, ordered their remand in prison custody until February 8, 2013 when their plea for bail would be taken
Lawan and Boniface were accused of collecting $3 million bribe from the Chairman of Zenon Petroleum and Gas Limited, Femi Otedola, in the course of their duties in the monitoring of the fuel subsidy regime