The Federal Capital Territory high
court, Abuja has granted bail to the former chairman of the House Ad- Hoc
committee that investigated the fuel subsidy fraud, Farouk Lawan as well as the
secretary of the committee, Boniface Emenalo.
Both men were granted bail at N10
million each and are also expected to provide two sureties each.
The presiding judge, Justice
Mudashiru Oniyangi also asked the lawmakers to deposit their travel documents
with the court registrar.
Messrs. Lawan and Emenalo were
arraigned by the police on a seven-count charge of corruptly soliciting bribe
of $3 million (N450 million) from an independent oil marketer, Mr. Femi
Otedola.
The Attorney-General of the
Federation and Minister of Justice told the court that the two officers of the
National Assembly actually collected about a quarter of the sum from the oil
dealer.
The bribe was allegedly to ensure
that Mr. Otedola’s company – Zenon Oil and Gas – was removed from the list of
indicted oil marketers in the infamous fuel subsidy scam.
Trial has been set for the 10th and
17th of April.
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