Former Kano State legislator, Farouk Lawan, has regained his freedom after completing a five-year prison term for soliciting and accepting a $500,000 bribe.
Lawan, once a powerful figure in the House of Representatives, was convicted for attempting to extort $3 million from billionaire oil magnate Femi Otedola during a 2012 investigation into fuel subsidy fraud.
As chairman of the ad-hoc committee probing the scandal, Lawan’s fall from grace shocked the nation, marking one of Nigeria’s most high-profile political corruption cases. His release now sparks fresh conversations on the fight against graft in the country.
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