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Farouk Lawan
A former federal legislator from Kano State, Farouk Lawan, has been released from prison after serving a five-year sentence.
He was convicted for soliciting and accepting a bribe amounting to $500,000 during his tenure.
Farouk Lawan
He was convicted for attempting to extort a $3 million bribe from Femi Otedola, a prominent billionaire oil tycoon in Nigeria.
This incident occurred while he served as the chairman of the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating the fuel subsidy fraud scandal in 2012.
The case garnered widespread media attention, as it not…
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