The $3million bribery scam rocking the House of Representatives’ Ad-hoc Committee on fuel subsidy payments took a new dimension yesterday when its Chairman, Hon. Farouk Lawan, was detained by the police in Abuja after interrogation.
His lawyer, Chief Lateef Fagbemi (SAN) applied for bail on self-recognition, but the request was turned down. A business mogul, who is the Chairman of Zenon Oil Plc, Mr. Femi Otedola, accused Lawan of receiving $620,000 of a $3 million bribe deal from him to assist in removing the name of his company from the probe panel report.
Otedola claimed he was under pressure from Lawan to play ball even after Zenon Oil which deals in diesel, did not enjoy from the Federal Government’s Petroleum Support Fund (PSF) which covers petrol only. Mr. Otedola submitted the audio and video evidence of the event to the police on Tuesday. Police claimed they sent a letter of invitation to Lawan on June 5. But yesterday, Lawan reported at the Louis Edet Force Headquarters in Abuja. He was grilled for about two hours.
Sources said those who grilled him wanted to take the lawmaker to the Ag. Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Mr. Mohammed Abubakar, but it was learnt that he said the Special Task Force should conduct investigation and report its findings to the police authorities. The Force Headquarters set up an interrogation panel made of a Deputy Commissioner of Police, an Assistant Commissioner, a Chief Superintendent and a Superintendent, headed by Police Commissioner Ali Amodu.
Source: Punch online
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