Lawan Farouk and Boniface Emenalo, both Chairman and Secretary
of Nigeria’s House of Representatives Adhoc Committee for the probe of the oil
subsidy regime were on Friday arraigned before an Abuja High Court on a seven
count charge for allegedly soliciting for and obtaining the sum of $620,000
from businessman Femi Otedola, chairman of Zenon Oil.
The court subsequently adjourned till
8 February, to rule on the bail application moved by their lawyers led by Mr.
Rickey Tarfa and Chief Mike Ozhekome, both senior advocates of Nigeria. The
court remanded the accused persons to Kuje Prison pending the court’s ruling on
their bail application.
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