•Farouk Lawan and Femi Otedola
The Supreme Court has upheld the five-year sentence of former House of Representatives member, Farouk Lawan, for receiving a bribe of $500,000 from businessman Femi Otedola.
Lawan was tried for receiving a $500,000 bribe during a legislative probe into the fuel subsidy regime in 2012.
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