Having served a jail term for demanding and collecting bribe from billionaire businessman, Mr. Femi Otedola, former member of the House of Representatives from Kano State, Hon Farouk Lawan, has announced his release from the Kuje Custodial Centre in Abuja.
A statement he issued on Tuesday reads:
“Alhamdulillah
“Alhamdulillah
“Alhamdulillah
“Today marks the beginning of a new chapter in my life as I step out of Kuje Custodial Centre, with a heart full of gratitude to Allah SWT for seeing me through this trial.
“My gratitude is deep, I’m alive and in good health and high spirits to be with my family, friends and associates. I don’t take that for granted.
“I remain grateful and indebted to my family and friends who stood by me through this particularly trying phase of my life.
“May Allah SWT bless you🙏”
Lawan served his jail term in Kuje Prison after the Supreme Court in January affirmed the five-year jail term handed to him by the Court of Appeal.
He was convicted and sentenced to prison in 2021 for accepting a $500,000 bribe from Otedola.
The five-member panel of the apex court affirmed the 2022 judgment of the Court of Appeal which upheld Lawan’s sentencing to five years in respect of only count three on the three-count charge on which he was tried at the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).
