By Smart Emmanuel, Abuja
A former Member of Nigeria’s House of Representatives, Farouk Lawan, has completed his five year jail term in Kuje prison.
On Tuesday a video on social media showed Lawan’s release from Kuje prison.
Last January, the country’s Supreme Court affirmed the five-year jail term handed to Lawan by the Court of Appeal.
The former lawmaker was convicted and sentenced to prison in 2021 for accepting a $500,000 bribe from a Nigerian businessman, Femi Otedola, Chairman, Zenon Petroleum and Gas Ltd.
In a unanimous judgment, a five-member panel affirmed the 2022 judgment of the Court of Appeal which upheld Lawan’s sentencing to five years in respect of only count three on the three-count charge on which he was tried at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
In the lead judgment prepared by Justice John Okoro but read by Justice Tijjani Abubakar, the apex court found that Lawan’s appeal was without merit and proceeded to dismiss it.
