Appeal Court narrowly affirms ex-lawmaker Farouk Lawan’s conviction, jail term reduced
CASE NUMBER 10931:
Appeal Court narrowly affirms ex-lawmaker Farouk Lawan’s conviction, jail term reduced

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Alleged Perpetrators(s)
Farouk Lawan

Location (Town / State)
FCT, Abuja

Date of Event
24 Feb 2022

Date of republication
24 February every year


Case category (Choose all that apply)
public sector
bribery

Case Summary
The Court of Appeal in Abuja on Thursday reduced the sentence of former House of Representatives member, Farouk Lawan, to five years

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Lawan was convicted by a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on June 22, 2021, on a three-count charge of soliciting bribes, agreeing to accept bribes, and actually accepting a $500,000 bribe from a businessman, Femi Otedola. The High Court of the FCT, in a judgment by Justice Angela Otaluka, sentenced Lawan to seven years on count one; seven years on count two, and five years on count three.
But in a unanimous judgment on Thursday, a three-member panel of the Court of Appeal, led by the court’s President, Justice Monica Dongban-Mensem, quashed Lawan’s conviction on counts one and two. A three-member panel led by the court’s president, Monica Dongban-Mensem, ruled that the prosecution failed to prove that Mr. Lawan demanded and agreed to accept $3 million from billionaire oil mogul, Femi Otedola, to exonerate the businessman’s company from the list of firms indicted for fuel subsidy fraud in 2012.
The appellate court found that the prosecution was only able to prove the third count relating to his accepting a bribe of $500,000.
The court then acquitted Lawan on counts one and two (on which he was sentenced to seven years per count) but convicted him on counts three (on which he was sentenced to five years).
The judgment was on an appeal by Lawan.



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