vicoloni:
its bullshit! i cant tolerate bad spelling or is it by force to say something?

I thought 'its' should be 'it's', 'bad spelling' should be 'wrong spelling', 'say something' should be 'comment'!

Just thinking aloud...

He is only taking a rest. It's a game plan of PDP. Just like if you kill someone with your car and there is trouble, police will keep you at the police station with a response that they are dealing with you and hence they lucked you up. But it's not the truth.They only want to cool the tension outside/

Farouk no go enter any jail.Na dem, dem.Na bail dem wan give am.The headline should have been, Farouk given bed rest until 8th of February to determine the allocation of freedom to be granted under PDP condition.

eps Lawan, Emenalo remanded in prison  
Published on February 1, 2013 by   ·   1 Comment
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja
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.
Both lawmakers pleaded not guilty to the charge.
 
Farouk Lawan: remanded in Kuje prison
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.
Upon entering their “not guilty” plea as the charge was read to them, their lawyers moved their application for bail asking the court to grant them bail on self recognition .
According to Mr. Rickey Tarfa, the bail application is brought pursuant to sections 35 and 36(5) of the constitution as well as 340 and 341(2) of the Criminal Procedure Code. He prayed the court to note that both Farouk and Emenalo had been granted administrative bails which terms they have consistently abided. He further intimated the court that the accused persons had both travelled outside the country severally since investigation commenced on the matter but still returned to the country without absconding from justice.
He also told the court that his clients had so far visited the Police Force Headquarters a record of 37 times during the course of investigation into the matter which had been concluded and urged the court to grant them bail on self recognition as members of the House of Representatives where Farouk, has been a four term member and chairman of the Committee on Education and Finance as well as member of ECOWAS Parliament for the past 12 years.
In opposing the application for bail, Chief Awomolo, also a senior advocate of Nigeria, argued that the offences for which the lawmakers are standing trial are not ordinarily bailable as the offences are punishable by a 2 to 7 year jail term. He contended that an application for bail is that of equity which requires the court to exercise discretion both judiciously and judicially.
In furtherance to his opposition, Chief Awomolo pointed out that the lawmakers committed the alleged crimes at the highest level in the legislative arm of government and that they failed to make any undertaking that they would not go back to the House, join another committee, demand and accept another bribe, maybe more than the $3 million they demanded from Mr. Femi Otedola.
He also pointed out that the lawmakers were part of the drafting of the ICPC Act 2000 and so were familiar with the law and its provisions and told the court that it should count against them that after making a law, they went and fouled the same law and urged the court to deny them bail and remand them in prison custody pending their trial.
In a bench ruling over the application, the court presided by Justice Mudashiru Oniyangi, observed that the application for bail was filed and moved same day and noted that the court needs time to look at the application with a view to reaching a decision on the lawmakers application for bail. He thereafter ordered that Farouk and Emenalo should be remanded to Kuje prison until the ruling on their bail application which is fixed for 8th February.
Farouk and Emenalo are charged for their violation of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000.
The charge sheet was signed by Mrs. O.O. Fatunde, the Director of Public Prosecutions of the Federation, on behalf of the Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Mohammed Bello Adoke (SAN).
Counts 4 and 5 of the charge read:
“That you Hon. Farouk Lawan (M) while being a member of the House of Representatives and chairman of Ad-hoc committee on Monitoring of fuel subsidy regime sometimes in April 2012 or thereabout at Abuja within the Federal Capital Territory under the jurisdiction of this honourable court did while acting in the course of your official duty corruptly obtained the sum of $500,000 (five hundred thousand dollars) for yourself from Mr. Femi Otedola Chairman Zenon Petroleum and Gas Ltd as an inducement to remove the name of Zenon petroleum gas ltd from the report of the House of Representatives Adihoc committee on Monitoring of fuel subsidy regime and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 17 (1) of the Corrupt practices and other Related Offences Act, 2000 and punishable under section 17 (1) of the same Act.”
“That you Mr. Emenalo Boniface (M) while being a public officer, an Assistant Director and Secretary of. the House of Representatives Ad-hoc committee on Monitoring ofFuel Subsidy Regime sometimes in April 2012 or thereabout at Abuja within the. Federal capital territory under the jurisdiction of this honourable court did while acting in the course of your official duty as Secretary…corruptly asked for the sum of $3,000,000 (three million US dollard) for yourself from Mr. Femi Otedola…and you thereby committed an offence contrary to section 8 (1) (b) (ii) of the Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Act, 2000 and punishable under section 23 (3) of the same Act.”

Source- Sahara Reporters

how long will he be there before they release him? all these ones na wash abeg

Farouk or Facrook? Which one?

vicoloni:
its bullshit! i[b] cant[/b] tolerate bad spelling or is it by force to say something?

Can't

vicoloni:
its bullshit! i cant[b][/b] tolerate bad spelling or is it by force to say something?

Can't

Desoda: February 9th of what? Hope it's going to be 9th of 2050.

If it were that way, even the highest looter you know today on the pyramid won't be on seat because you get to that position ,work,work and work.

Dis new is makin me dance Azonto, even though i knw is 4 some hrs shaa

gabriel212: Let not be deceived by Otedola side of the scandal.
It take two or more people to be involve in a case of bribery scandal why is Otedola left out in the prosecution? is He not the person offering money for his company name to be remove from the subsidy scandals? Is the name not remove? Why did he not call on police when he gave Farouk Lawal the money to prove that he wanted to show how corrupt he is.
You can not clap with one hand! OTEDOLA MUST BE PROSECUTE WITH FAROUK LAWAL!
THE PEOPLE(SOME LAWYERS) CALLING FOR THE HEAD OF FAROUK LAWAL WITHOUT OTEDOLA MUST HAD BEEN PAID SO THAT THE ARGUMENT WILL BE SHIFTED OUT FROM OTEDOLA!!!

Otedola's company was nt supposed to be indicted by Mumu Farouk in the first place because they didnt collect subsidy.......Go read facts well....Farouk misfired.

Let not be deceived by Otedola side of the scandal.
It take two or more people to be involve in a case of bribery scandal why is Otedola left out in the prosecution? is He not the person offering money for his company name to be remove from the subsidy scandals? Is the name not remove? Why did he not call on police when he gave Farouk Lawal the money to prove that he wanted to show how corrupt he is.
You can not clap with one hand! OTEDOLA MUST BE PROSECUTE WITH FAROUK LAWAL!
THE PEOPLE(SOME LAWYERS) CALLING FOR THE HEAD OF FAROUK LAWAL WITHOUT OTEDOLA MUST HAD BEEN PAID SO THAT THE ARGUMENT WILL BE SHIFTED OUT FROM OTEDOLA!!!

Tell that to the FBI who sell dummy explosives to would-be terrorist in order to arrest them in the act!

good start but where that ends is more important to Nigerians. On another note, pls why on earth is an activity as d 'good governance tour' not shown on nairaland for nigerians of independent and objective minds to comment on. I plead with seun and d moderators on politics section to do something about this

vicoloni:
its bullshit! i cant tolerate bad spelling or is it by force to say something?

i'm guessing you mean: <it's "bullshit"! i cannot tolerate wrong spellings or are you under compulsion to post a comment?>?

whealthy: we need more Keyamos to make things like this happen.

Forget keyamo, he is a noise maker
This Was the same guy that handled our case, a landlord (Alhaji kayode Haruna) defrauded over 300 of us about 50 million naira. This guy could not handle anything

they have finally made him "A scape goat" just to prove Nigerians wrong.

Bold step BUT i Hope this isn't a Trojan Horse giving to Nigerians By the Judge. I hope FACROOK Lawal will NOT be spotted in London. As it happened in The Case of Ola Bode George's accomplice named Aminu Dabo. Dabo was convicted and sentenced alongside Bode George but Dabo was Later spotted in Harrods London.the reaction was "dabo was on a Medical Trip" Nigeria Prison Service. Laughing in japanese Language.

vicoloni:
its bullshit! i cant tolerate bad spelling or is it by force to say something?

free d guy mr. knw all

February 9 only? Christ!!!
Check this out!!! http:///3Lskl

Av u guys 4gotten dat a BIG THIEF gets a bail option of 250k per charges while a small thief gets yrs imprisonment/ charges.

till i see in in the papers, i no believe

Farouk should not be allowed to enter the prison with his cap. He will use it to steal and hide the food of his fellow inmates. His cap is his weapon.

234GT: Farouk should not be allowed to enter the prison with his cap. He will use it to steal and hide the food of his fellow inmates. His cap is his weapon.

Guy you too bad. That cap is a lethal weapon.

A good start, but what about the self-acknowledged bribe-giver?

What has emeka done. The guy is a good guy.

Pontaboki :
How I wish this was Emeka Ihedioha

arabaribiti: what about the giver is he not guilty also naija i hail ooooooooo

How is the giver guilty?

Do you read the news?

gabriel212: Let not be deceived by Otedola side of the scandal.
It take two or more people to be involve in a case of bribery scandal why is Otedola left out in the prosecution? is He not the person offering money for his company name to be remove from the subsidy scandals? Is the name not remove? Why did he not call on police when he gave Farouk Lawal the money to prove that he wanted to show how corrupt he is.
You can not clap with one hand! OTEDOLA MUST BE PROSECUTE WITH FAROUK LAWAL!
THE PEOPLE(SOME LAWYERS) CALLING FOR THE HEAD OF FAROUK LAWAL WITHOUT OTEDOLA MUST HAD BEEN PAID SO THAT THE ARGUMENT WILL BE SHIFTED OUT FROM OTEDOLA!!!

Are you on drugs?

You did not hear the money he gave was marked by SSS?

andyanders: He is only taking a rest. It's a game plan of PDP. Just like if you kill someone with your car and there is trouble, police will keep you at the police station with a response that they are dealing with you and hence they lucked you up. But it's not the truth.They only want to cool the tension outside/

Farouk no go enter any jail.Na dem, dem.Na bail dem wan give am.The headline should have been, Farouk given bed rest until 8th of February to determine the allocation of freedom to be granted under PDP condition.

Do you pray or wish for that kind of bed rest?

What of the records? Will it be recorded as bed rest?

I see Farouk doing 6months - 1 year in gaol.

This's a parody of justice. Otedola should enjoy his laugh while this last. Or does he really think that the public has actually bought his lies hatched with key govt officials? This arraignment is selective and odious.