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October 23, 2025 - 11:05 AM

BREAKING: Former Rep Member, Faruk Lawan Regains Freedom After 5-Year Jail Term

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Former member of the House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan, who has been behind bars for five years for demanding and accepting a $500,000 bribe has regained his freedom.

Lawan’s conviction was affirmed by the Supreme Court on January 26, 2024.

The former representative of the Bagwai/Shanono Federal Constituency of Kano State between 1999 and 2015 who doubled as former Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy in 2012,  was found guilty of soliciting a $3 million bribe from Femi Otedola, a Nigerian billionaire oil tycoon while serving as chairman of the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee investigating fuel subsidy fraud in 2012.

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