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A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja was yesterday told by a witness that former Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad-hoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy, Farouk Lawan, was caught on video receiving $500,000 from Femi Otedola.
In a report filed by the Guardian, the second witness, David Igbodo, who is the Commissioner of Police, Legal Services and Investigating Police Officer (IPO) in the office of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Special Investigation Unit told the court that Lawan was caught on video due to a sting operation by the Department of State Security (DSS).
Testifying before Justice Angela Otaluka, Igbodo said after Lawan had collected the $500,000 at the house of Femi Otedola on April 24, 2012, he proceeded to the House of Representatives and removed the name of Zenon Oil that was earlier indicted in a report before the ad hoc committee.
The witness said: “I found out that on April 24, 2012 about 3:47a.m., the defendant was in the house of Otedola and was given the sum of $500, 000 and was caught on video due to the sting operation by the DSS.
“The purpose of the demand and acceptance was to remove the name of Zenon Oil and AP Petroleum from the list of indicted companies.”
The witness told the court that he found out that the defendant, after collecting the money which was caught on video, did not report the collection to any security agency either before or after collecting the money. According to Igbodo, Lawan had rather gone straight to the House of Representatives.
Source: Guardian.
In a report filed by the Guardian, the second witness, David Igbodo, who is the Commissioner of Police, Legal Services and Investigating Police Officer (IPO) in the office of the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Special Investigation Unit told the court that Lawan was caught on video due to a sting operation by the Department of State Security (DSS).
Testifying before Justice Angela Otaluka, Igbodo said after Lawan had collected the $500,000 at the house of Femi Otedola on April 24, 2012, he proceeded to the House of Representatives and removed the name of Zenon Oil that was earlier indicted in a report before the ad hoc committee.
The witness said: “I found out that on April 24, 2012 about 3:47a.m., the defendant was in the house of Otedola and was given the sum of $500, 000 and was caught on video due to the sting operation by the DSS.
“The purpose of the demand and acceptance was to remove the name of Zenon Oil and AP Petroleum from the list of indicted companies.”
The witness told the court that he found out that the defendant, after collecting the money which was caught on video, did not report the collection to any security agency either before or after collecting the money. According to Igbodo, Lawan had rather gone straight to the House of Representatives.
Source: Guardian.
