The Supreme Court on Friday affirmed the Seven-year jail term sentence handed the Former Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Finance, Farouk Lawan after he was convicted of corruption.
Delivering a unanimous judgment by a five-man panel of Justices of the apex court, the court affirmed that the appeal of the former lawmaker lacked merit and therefore was worthless.
Lawan upheld the five year –sentence of the former lawmaker in respect of only count three out of initial the three-count charge on which he was tried at the lower court.
Justice John Okoro was the lead jusdge, however, Justice Tijjani Abubakar read the judgement onbehalf of his colleagues.
Lawan was caught on camera where he collected $500, 000 (five hundred thousand dollars) in cash in the residence of business mogul, Femi Otedola in Lagos.
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