The Supreme Court on Friday upheld the five years sentence of former House of Representatives member, Farouk Lawan, for receiving a bribe from businessman Femi Otedola.
Lawan was found guilty of bribry and committed to five years imprison by Court of Appeal in 2022 for receiving $500,000 bribe to cover the diety act of fuel subsidy during the legislative probe in 2012.
Lawan’s appeal sought to set aside the February 24, 2022 judgment of the Court of Appeal in Abuja, which sentenced him and discharged him on two out of the three counts on the corruption charge brought against him by the Federal Government.
More details shortly…