Prosecute Lawan, Otedola now, Falana tells Jonathan

Human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, has asked President Goodluck Jonathan to order the immediate trial of the former Chairman of the House of Representatives’ Adhoc Committee on Fuel Subsidy Regime, Mr. Farouk Lawan, and billionaire businessman, Mr. Femi Otedola,  for bribery.
Lawan allegedly received about $620,000 out of $3m bribe from Otedola, to delete the businessman’s companies from the list of firms indicted by the committee.
Secretary to the committee, Boniface Emeluno, was also said to have received part of the bribe.
Falana, in a statement on Sunday, rejected the duo’s excuse for their involvement in the scandal, insisting that there was sufficient evidence to prosecute them.
He said, “Having undertaken to make the fight against corruption part of its transformation agenda the Goodluck Jonathan Administration should direct the anti-graft agencies to bring to book all those who have been indicted in the various probes on the fuel subsidy. Let no one deceive Nigerians by saying that there is no evidence to try criminal suspects who have made confessional statements.”

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