The Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal filed against the judgments of the Federal High Court Abuja, and the Appeal Court, by a former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan.
Recall that the lower and appellate courts had sentenced Lawan to seven years imprisonment for receiving a $500,000 bribe while serving as the chairman of the House’s ad-hoc committee investigating the fuel subsidy fraud in 2012.
Justice Angela Otaluka of the Federal court, held that Lawan demanded $3 million and received $500,000 from Femi Otedola in 2012 to remove Otedola’s oil company, Zenon Oil and Gas, from the list of firms indicted for fraud in the fuel subsidy regime.
She also held that Lawan was guilty of all three counts of corruption and bribery.
However, Lawan approached the Court of Appeal, which reduced his jail term from seven to five years.
Lawan is at the apex court urging the court to set aside the judgments of the lower court.
Reading the lead judgment, Justice Tijani Abubakar upheld the decision of the appeal court and dismissed the appeal.
