Nigeria: U.S. $620, 000 Bribe - Lawan to Be Arraigned Today

1 February 2013

The office of the Attorney General Federation (AGF) will today commence the prosecution of Rep. Farouk Lawan and House Committee Clerk Boniface Emenalo over alleged $620, 000 bribe demands.

The arraignment followed claims by businessman Femi Otedola that Lawan, the former Chairman of the House Ad hoc Committee on Fuel demanded a bribe to de-list his company Zenon Petroleum and Gas Ltd from firms indicted in the fraud.

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