Ex-Nigerian lawmaker, convicted of bribery, freed from prison
Farouk Lawan was jailed for receiving a bribe from a Nigerian billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola.
Farouk Lawan was jailed for receiving a bribe from a Nigerian billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola.
The decision reduces Farouk Lawan's jail term from seven to five years for the $500,000 bribe he took from businessman ...
The judge says the evidence of the five witnesses presented by the prosecution convincingly incriminated the former lawmaker as a ...
The judge says Mr Lawan's trial suffered "needless adjournments" as it did back and forth among four judges before the ...
The court rules that the prosecution proved beyond reasonable doubt that Mr Lawan demanded and received $500,000 from oil magnate, ...
The decision set the stage for the judge to consider the case on merit in the rest of the judgment ...
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