CHESSBOARD: Now its time for the legislators to fight back and Deal with the subsidy robbers. I love Cold war.

onatisi:
pls stop been a fool cant you see that both of them are thieves , lawan collected money ALONE with no witness with the excuse of wanting to use it against the person , why did he go alone why not with another person , why did he even agreed to take the money . the point is this lawan is a barawo and otedola is an ole

bumie07: I will never support wot everybody is saying concerning this issue...how can we in our right sense belief that farouk will threating otedola to pay him bribe? Am not supporting farouk here o,both of them are rogues and shud be thrown into a jail...you don't head 2 big oil companies and risen to that status of Otedola for a person like farouk to be threatening you

Ileke-IdI:
Where is Otedola now?
If this story is true, we need to find out how long he's been bribing and who else he has been bribing. Lawan might end up being not guilty, but that will not make Otedola's hand any cleaner.

Is Farouk Lawan, the chairman of the House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee which investigated the fuel subsidy issue about to be declared wanted by the police?

Sources in Abuja have told SaharaReporters that in view of Mr. Lawan’s failure to honour an invitation to him to tell his side of the scandalous bribery story that is sweeping the country, he may be declared wanted after today.

Following the fast-moving events of the past couple of days, in particular the accusations and counter-accusations between the Lawan and Femi Otedola, the chairman of Zenon Oil from whom the chairman seems to have accepted half a million dollars in bribes, Lawan was expected to have been interrogated by the police yesterday. Sources at Force Headquarters say that Mr. Lawan neither showed up yesterday, as did Mr. Otedola, nor has he been seen today.

PREMIUM TIMES reported extensively today about how the People’s Democratic Party has been scrambling hard to cover up the embarrassing bribery scandal.

Abuja sources said that Commissioner of Police Ali Amodu, who heads the Special Task that is investigating the scandal, has not set eyes on Mr. Lawan.

The chairman of the ad hoc committee of the House of Representatives, who gained celebrity status overnight on account of the committee, has had fresh spotlight turned on him over the alleged bribe of $500,000 he received from Mr. Otedola to shield the Zenon Oil chief from embarrassment. Our sources say that Mr. Lawan and Mr. Otedola were both contacted by the police through the National Assembly management.

Mr. Otedola was interrogated yesterday.

koruji: Otedola is a free man because it was a sting operation, but as you implied business in Nigeria will take all the oxygen out of the air if you try to smell it!!!

In this case, I believe Otedola protected himself by turning into a police informant.

The joke might be on Farouk trying to set up Otedola, not realizing that he was actually the one going into a trap.

Anyway, how you dey?

onatisi:
pls stop been a fool cant you see that both of them are thieves , lawan collected money ALONE with no witness with the excuse of wanting to use it against the person , why did he go alone why not with another person , why did he even agreed to take the money . the point is this lawan is a barawo and otedola is an ole

naijaking1:

If you're shaken down by a powerful law maker like Lawan, what would you do? Most Nigerians will certaily cower down and pay the bribe. Otedola went to the authorities for help and was given marked dollar bills, how does that make him a culprit? He's a hero!!!

Germannig: How does marking the money help here assuming the money has disappeared and no longer available as evidence of bribery? Marking money is only useful if still available as evidence, no? The security men should have arrested the bribe taker to recover the marked money as soon as it was accepted. I think both Otedola and Lawan have more explanations to make.

Ileke-IdI:
Where is Otedola now?

If this story is true, we need to find out how long he's been bribing and who else he has been bribing. Lawan might end up being not guilty, but that will not make Otedola's hand any cleaner.

ganiujmh: First, the Executive should not shy away from the fact that it has primary responsibility to fight corruption in the country. Now it is more than obvious that OBJ was right in his assertion that we have rogues and thieves as law-makers. Lawan has no choice but to defend himself publicly after the House of Rep is trying to shine off the Executive. I am waiting to see the outcome.

Billyonaire: Otedola is a smart man, little wonder he is a billionaire, little Lawan wanted to become billionaire by not working for it. politicians and their hypocrisy. Street is military, to succeed, you got to be a soldier. Lawan isnt street and will never be. I never expected Lawan to own up his shameful action, but, in totality, he knows he is down and out. If he does not go to jail, then, I will give up on Nigeria's justice system

Ileke-IdI:
Where is Otedola now?

If this story is true, [size=14pt]we need to find out how long he's been bribing and who else he has been bribing[/size]. Lawan might end up being not guilty, but that will not make Otedola's hand any cleaner.

Kobojunkie: It has been about a week since these allegations have been floating around. I am still asking the very same question, if there exists video and audio evidence as claimed, why is Lawan still waiting a free man? Why hasn't he been arrested and charged? What is the police, and SSS waiting for?

Ileke-IdI:
Where is Otedola now?

If this story is true, we need to find out how long he's been bribing and who else he has been bribing. Lawan might end up being not guilty, but that will not make Otedola's hand any cleaner.

Kobojunkie: Nigerians and their Judge&Jury mentality. Na so we siddon here last two years judge IBB, and Raymond Dokpesi guilty after reading a similar batch of allegations from the RUMOUR FACTORY, about the Independent day Bombing of October 2010.

You folks need to learn PATIENCE . . . Wait before you choose sides. All this could turn out to be yet another game of charades played by the Nigerian Media and our politicians. No one has seen the video tapes to this day, and there are various versions of the same story floating around still. No one has been arrested, and no one has been charged. Why not wait . . . make sure this is not yet another ruse to deflect the fickle attention of the people for the umpteenth time this year?

Kobojunkie: It has been about a week since these allegations have been floating around. I am still asking the very same question, if there exists video and audio evidence as claimed, why is Lawan still waiting a free man? Why hasn't he been arrested and charged? What is the police, and SSS waiting for?

lucenzo: be waiting for video tape. Have you watch the videotape of how obj rigged elections or how abacha stole billions? It was a suspense filled thriller I bet.