Nigeria: Tape Purports to Expose Fuel Subsidy Bribery
An audio tape said to be a recorded conversion between Farouk Lawan and Chief Femi Otedola over alleged bribery has been aired on television. Lawan is accused of collected $620,000 out of the alleged $3 million bribe to remove the name of Zenon Oil from the list of companies that bought foreign exchange from the Central Bank of Nigeria without importing fuel.
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Rep. Farouk Lawan has for the first time given his account of what transpired between him and Femi Otedola in the infamous bribery saga over fuel subsidy probe. Read more »
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The embattled former chairman of the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee on fuel subsidy regime, Farouk Lawan, is assembling a team of lawyers to take on investigators of the ... Read more »
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Parliamentary Committee on Ethics and Privileges is to probe allegation of bribery against Rep. Farouk Lawan by oil baron Femi Otedola. Read more »
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There are allegations that Farouk Lawan, chairperson of the House committee that probed the fuel subsidy, was involved in a U.S.$3 million bribe scam. Read more »