Fresh scandal brews over Farouk Lawan’s $600,000 bribery scandal
ON JUNE 9, 2012 • IN NEWS
11:06 am
BY OKEY NDIRIBE AND EMMAN OVUAKPORIE

ABUJA-There are indications that fresh trouble is brewing at the House of Representatives over allegations that Chairman of the House’s Adhoc Committee on Petroleum Subsidy Hon. Farouk Lawan was involved in a bribery scandal worth $600,000 last month.
Already there are speculations that the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) may have invited Hon Lawan over the bribery allegation which sources say have already resulted in the Speaker of the House Hon. Aminu Tambuwal disowning the legislator over the messy incident.
It was gathered that Tambuwal had confronted Lawan over the issue in a meeting of Principal officers of the House where the Chairman of the Adhoc Committee on Petroleum Subsidy was summoned to defend himself over the allegation.
Sources said that Hon. Lawan had initially denied the allegation when it was put to him by the Speaker but froze in shock when he was confronted with details of what transpired at the address where officials of an unnamed oil company had given him the huge amount of foreign currency which had been marked.
It was further gathered that unknown to Hon Lawan, the entire incident was recorded by video after which copies were sent to a former Head of State who handed it over to Tambuwal.
It would be recalled that in the wake of the controversy that was generated over the Federal Government’s planned total withdrawal of subsidy from petroleum products last January, the House of Representatives set up the Adhoc Committee to probe how the subsidy fund that was appropriated by the National Assembly in the past had been disbursed.
Among the findings of the House was that despite the fact that only N400 billion was appropriated for payment of oil subsidy in 2011, over one trillion naira was spent. It was also alleged that a lot of the payments were made to phoney companies.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2012/06/fresh-scandal-brews-over-farouk-lawans-600000-bribery-scandal/

"When you fight corruption, corruption fights you back", this is what is going on now.

Nigerians know what is happening so one can fool us to believe this trash. The aim is to smear the image of the amiable Farouk since he refused to mellow down the subsidy report.

You know how they say corruption will always come bck to fight you. In this case, Diezzani Allison Madueke is coming back to fight farouk lawan!

Even if it is true that its the executive arm fighting back, Farouk Lawan made a senseless mistake here! The agreement the committee members had was NO meetings or fraternities with oil marketers so why did he meet with Otedola? And when did he become a detective that he collected such cash as "evidence"? Since he had become so "in the public eye", why didn't he go to Tambuwal and inform him if indeed he wanted to prove "attempts to bribe" anf finally, why did he initially deny when questioned?

This has definitely discredited the fuel subsidy report and given the executive an excuse to throw it away! It likely has destroyed Lawan himself!

But PDP, this government and Otedola will suffer from the backlash of this too! I expect Otedola to hide under the imagery that he was only proving that the committee indicted them only because they had earlier refused to play ball! But he will find the NASS is not easily cowed and will also fight to defend their own either now or in other issues will avenge against him!

Its all criminals outwitting criminals!

The posters above me are clearly all silly.

This is a situation in which id!ots tried to outsmart the intelligent. Natural order has simply taken its cause.

What I gather is very simple, Tambuwal and his people thought they were very smart and could retain the present evil oil sector as it is by politicising their "probe."
As it stands 85% of indigenous oil business is held by core-Northerners and any fair probe will get them to the same disproportionate degree.

First pointer to mago-mago:
How could the reps claim to have done a non-politicised probe the subsidy without inviting Rilwan Lukman under whom the vast majority of fraud took place?

What is evident from the story is that they were outsmarted and one of the [b]innocent [/b]companies they attempted to rope played along and videotaped the entire murky shenanigan. Keep calling GEJ names, he will keep outsmarting you.

You demons cannot keep attempting to appear as angels to the gullible. Nigeria will progress and the petroleum sector will be cleaned up regardless of your antics.

so na beaf be dat? *right click, save image*
@op
We all know its staged. . .corruption in this country is now a front-back thing.sick country

bia @mod. . .y u dey hide comment na?wetin be ya own?

The more you look the less you see.

These people are the devil posing as angels of light. They simply used sweet sounding words to twist the entire subsidy matter upside down and Nigerians fell mugu for it.

[size=14pt]Subsidy Probe:EFCC Probes Rep Over $3m Bribe[/size]
Written by Taiwo Adisa and Kolawole Daniels, Abuja Saturday, 09 June 2012

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has commenced investigations into allegations that members of the House of Representatives adhoc committee, which recently probed the fuel subsidy regime, collected a bribe of $3 million (about N500m) from some oil industry chieftains.

It was alleged that a cash advance of $600,000(about N96m) was received by the point man in the bribe scandal, who was said to have appeared before the EFCC on Friday.

Information pieced together by the Saturday Tribune indicated that EFCC had interrogated the alleged ring leader of the bribery scandal who was said have collected the $600,000 bribe directly from the house of a top player in the oil industry.

It was learnt that the top player was indicted by the subsidy probe for allegedly collecting foreign exchange, without using same to import fuel but that the oil mangnate approached a member of the adhoc committee for succour.

A deal of $3million was said to have been struck, while the oil chief gave a cash of $600,000 for the job.

It was learnt that in fulfillment of the deal, the committee later removed the oil magnate’s name from the list of indicted companies in respect of alleged abuse of forex for oil imports.

[size=14pt]Sources in the National Assembly confirmed to the Saturday Tribune that the heat was turned on the adhoc committee man some days ago when he got wind that the State Security Services(SSS) has tapes of his receipt of the bribe from the oil magnate and that the service was ready to confront the leadership of the House with the details.[/size]

The affected Rep was then said to have moved to ensure that the money was displayed on the floor of the House on Thursday after allegedly handing over the cash money he got from the oil magnate.

The plot, according to sources, was that the Rep wanted to claim that he got the money so as to play along with the bribery saga and that he was now sure the time was ripe to release the money.

[size=14pt]Sources, however, said that the foreign currency handed over to the Rep were marked notes and that the security agencies were on top of the probe.[/size]

“There was a frenzy in the House on Thursday when the affected Rep attempted to cause the committee on anti-Corruption to display the money as evidence of attempts to bribe him but members resisted the move on the claim that the line of argument cannot be pushed because the man had kept the money for more than two months.

Besides, the Reps who, opposed the bid, were said to have claimed that the request for which the money was given was carried out on the floor.

Spokesman of the House of Representatives, Hon. Zakari Mohammed, said in a telephone interview that he was not officially briefed on the interrogation of the Rep member by the EFCC in relation to the bribery saga, adding that he had left Abuja for Ilorin after the Thursday sitting.

Calls to the telephone number of the chairman of the Adhoc Committee, Hon, Farouk Lawan as well as that of the Chairman of the Standing Committee on EFCC, Hon. Jagaban Adams Jagaban were unanswered on Friday, just as the duo did not also respond to text messages.

EFCC spokesman, Mr. Wilson Ewujaren, however, pleaded for time for him to be in official capacity to confirm the development.

He said that he was having challenges reaching some key persons.

http://www.tribune.com.ng/sat/index.php/news/7639-subsidy-probeefcc-probes-rep-over-3m-bribe.html

philip0906: bia @mod. . .y u dey hide comment na?wetin be ya own?

Lol.. I dont know oooh. I guess beaf has a hand in it. After I fried and exposed his azz. MODs I also have some post related to the topic that does not suppose to be hidden. Its like when you want to hide post, you dont even read the contents. whats wrong with you people self

@beaf its hightime you used your head and stop acting weird.............................as you to supportive of these dumb president called Gej

philip0906: so na beaf be dat? *right click, save image*
@op
We all know its staged. . .corruption in this country is now a front-back thing.sick country

Some of you were born as fools. Defend your thieving Farouk Lawan without trying to distract from the topic.
Winshes like you always try to obscure truth with their idiocy.

Winshes must fly sha. All hail Obubra Airways!

Beaf: These people are the devil posing as angels of light. They simply used sweet sounding words to twist the entire subsidy matter upside down and Nigerians fell mugu for it.



http://www.tribune.com.ng/sat/index.php/news/7639-subsidy-probeefcc-probes-rep-over-3m-bribe.html

So let all Nigerians be wrong while you are right. we know what we know and that is the GEJ administration is corrupt. Even the US knows that too. Farouk has just become a scape goat and everyone saw it coming. try again

Mr. Globe:

Lol.. I dont know oooh. I guess beaf has a hand in it. After I fried and exposed his azz. MODs I also have some post related to the topic that does not suppose to be hidden. Its like when you want to hide post, you dont even read the contents. whats wrong with you people self

You tried to derail the thread with your frantic stup!dy, bro.
Farouk Lawan was nabbed with marked notes; all you demons that think they can decieve the public will be exposed.

Nematode.

I will believe them when i see the video.

I will believe this when i see the video.

This is senseless, why would a wealthy entrepreneur offer a bait of marked money if not that the f.g. wants to discredit the oil probe at all costs,knowing the propensity of our lawmakers to collect ghana must go, think we are all dumb??
First lesson in criminology is what is the motive behind the action?
N.B please regard and disregard the tribune if the nation is pro ACN, then tribune is pro PDP.

@Beaf,

Oga, is that you in those pix?

We need to know abeg. All these distractions won't help.

All we need is either a yes or no plz, and don't forget a lie here is a lie to the whole world.

Thank you.

We re waiting.

Ayam also weyting.

Nigerians are real dumb idiotas.Someone was caught collecting 600,000 dollars in bribe and nobody is condemning him.You guys are busy defending him and attacking beaf(as usual).Bunch of fools.This is why this country will remain corrupt

Who the phuck is the former head of state?

Mr. Globe:

So let all Nigerians be wrong while you are right. we know what we know and that is the GEJ administration is corrupt. Even the US knows that too. Farouk has just become a scape goat and everyone saw it coming. try again

"Even the US?" Weren't you baboons the ones claiming that GEJ was a US stooge? What happened to that story? Ode!
All you demons do is go around telling lies and stories.

Fools, thieves and liars like you will continue to attempt to twist the truth, but you will always be exposed by those who are much smarter than you.
Farouk Lawan was videotaped recieving marked notes, because you demons were desperately trying to write a political subsidy report.

You have been caught redhanded. You think the country belongs to you phuckers to ra'pe through your corrupt petroleum deals? Not just that, you think you can purchase the NASS to turn the truth upside down when much smarter people than you are in power?

Truth makes the wicked na'ked and starts them saying id!otic things. You are only acting true to type.

this is real movie, it sounds nikita or 24, blackmail at the highest order. Who do you rely to fight corruption