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Friday, October 10th, 2025
(AFRICAN EXAMINER) – Farouk Lawan, a erstwhile subordinate of the House of Representatives, has thanked President Bola Tinubu for granting him a pardon.
On Thursday, President Tinubu granted a authorities pardon to Lawan and galore others.
Lawan, who represented the Bagwai/Shanono constituency of Kano authorities successful the House of Representatives, was accused of asking for $3 cardinal from Femi Otedola, the billionaire businessman, to instrumentality distant Zenon Petroleum and Gas Limited (Otedola’s erstwhile company) from the database of lipid companies that are allegedly enmeshed successful the petrol subsidy fraud successful 2012.
The clip of Lawan stuffing wads of currency notes successful his accepted outfit and underneath his headdress sparked societal media reactions astatine the clip it emerged online.
Lawan was arraigned connected 7 counts of bribery by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), and connected June 22, 2021, a national superior territory (FCT) precocious tribunal successful Apo convicted Lawan connected each 3 counts and sentenced him to 7 years successful prison.
However, successful October 2024, the erstwhile lawmaker was released aft serving his five-year jailhouse term.
In a statement, Lawan stated that the pardon has renewed his hope.
“To a fatherly, compassionate, and decisive governmental leader, His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, God, and past shall retrieve you,” the connection reads.
“Mr President has formed a lukewarm broad implicit me, pulling maine backmost from the harshness of yesterday’s cold. A time similar this is not for a agelong treatise.
“I lie, prostrate, utterly humble successful my bosom and full being, grateful for the mercy which Allah (SWT), done Mr President and my country, has shown me.
“During the eclipse astatine noon of my life, a way designed by destiny, a past with which I americium afloat reconciled, my family, friends and associates stood by maine done heavy and thin, their airy became my singular unfailing beacon. I stay eternally indebted to you. May Allah (SWT) recompense you.
“Throughout those moments of sober reflection, my religion successful the greatness of our Fatherland ne'er wavered, nor did my resoluteness to lend to it ever weaken. A re-dedication to the ideals of Nigeria is upon me. My anticipation is renewed.
“My household and I, on with my friends and associates successful Kano State and crossed Nigeria, are indescribably grateful to Mr President for drafting maine backmost into progressive citizenship with its unavoidable work imperative.”
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