Former Chairman of the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee on Petroleum Subsidy, Hon. Farouk Lawan has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment by an Abuja High Court.
Lawan during trial on Tuesday was found guilty of count one, two, and three bothering on corruptly asking for and obtaining same from Femi Otedola, in order to exonerate Zelon Petroleum and Gas Limited from the list of companies in the fuel subsidy scam.
For count one and two, the court sentenced him to seven years while for count three he was sentenced to five years.
The sentences are to run concurrently.
The court also ordered that the defendant return the sum of $500,000 to the Federal Government.
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