STAR CHRONOLOGY: The Otedola-Lawan Saga of Bribery over Fuel Subsidy Report

June 15th, 2012 posted by NigerianMuse // Categories: General Articles

STAR CHRONOLOGY: The Otedola-Lawan Saga of Bribery over Fuel Subsidy Report

Dear Citizens of Nigeria,

Here is the Chronology:

2012:
April 18: Date of House Fuel Subsidy Report (Zenon and Synopsis Indicted)

April 21: Date of Delivery of First Bribe Money to Farouk Lawan ($250,000)

April 23: Date of Delivery of Second Bribe Money to Farouk Lawan ($250,000)

April 24 (early morning) Date of Delivery of Third Bribe Money to Farouk Lawan’s Aide ($100,000)

April 24: (late morning) Date of House Plenary Discussion on Subsidy Report (Zenon and Synopsis Delisted)

April 24: Lawan writes to Chairman of the House Committee on Financial Crimes of Otedola’s persistence to offer him bribe to influencethe outcome of the investigation

April 24: Clerk of the committee, Mr Boniface Emenalo, writes to Lawan that Otedola offered him $100,000

April 24: Lawan discloses in another letter to the House leadership that the clerk of the committee, Mr Boniface Emenalo, wrote to him that Otedola offered him $100,000

April 28: Farouk Lawan grants an Interview revealing pressures on him

May 9: The IGP, in a letter with reference number CR:3000/IGP.SEC/STF/FHQ/ABJ/ VOL 2/309, calls Lawan’s attention to an interview he granted a national newspaper on April 28,2012 and directed, “a discreet investigation into the matter.”

May 16: Letter reference CR:3000/IGP.SEC/STF/ FHQ/ABJ/VOL 2/319, signed by Amodu, the IGP requested money exhibit, names of witnesses and other material evidence from Lawan

May 31: Lawan explains in a letter to the Inspector General of Police that the matter (bribe offer) had been referred to the relevant committee of the House for legislative actions

June 4: IGP, in a letter to the Speaker of the House, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal, states that a detailed criminal investigation had beenordered into the matter.


THE bribery saga in the House of Representatives took a new turn on Monday when documents made available to journalists in Abuja showed that the Inspector General of Police and the relevant House committee were officially informed of alleged attempt by Mr Femi Otedola to bribe the committee as soon as the offer was made.

Lawan had in a statement on Sunday denied taking any bribe from any oil magnate in the course of the probe of the fuel subsidy.
About four correspondence were distributed to journalists by a highly placed official in the House of Representatives showing that the police authorities were informed and actions were taken to investigate the oil magnate`s attempt to bribe the committee.

One of the letters revealed that the Inspector General, in a correspondence dated, May 9, 2012, directed the task-force on investigation to meet him. The IGP, in the letter with reference numberCR:3000/IGP.SEC/STF/FHQ/ABJ/ VOL 2/309, called Lawan's attention to an interview he granted a national newspaper on April 28,2012 and directed, a discreet investigation into the matter. The letter was signed by the Commissioner of Police, Special Task Force, Ali Amodu.

Another correspondence dated May 16, 2012 with reference number CR:3000/IGP.SEC/STF/FHQ/ABJ/ VOL 2/319, and signed by Amodu, the IGP requested money exhibit, names of witnesses and other material evidence from him.

Another document showed Lawan explaining in a letter dated May 31, 2012, to the Inspector General of Police that the matter (bribe offer) had been referred to the relevant committee of the House for legislative actions.

A fourth correspondence revealed that the IGP, in a letter to the Speaker of the House, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal, dated June 4, 2012, stated that a detailed criminal investigation had been ordered into the matter.

In the letter entitled, Investigation activities: Letter of invitation in a case of criminal conspiracy and attempt to pervert the course of justice by offering gratification, the office of the IGP stated that the Inspector General of Police has directed a detailed criminal investigation into the matter.

Lawan had intimated the Chairman of the House Committee on Financial Crimes, in a letter dated April 24, 2012, of Otedola's persistence to offer him bribe to influence the outcome of the investigation. This letter was also made available to the media.
According to the letter, Attached (to the letter) is the sum of five hundred thousand dollars only offered to me with another promise of two million, five hundred thousand dollars.

On why he did not inform the House in session, Lawan stated in the letter that he kept mute on the matter because it would overshadow the essence of the fuel subsidy probe.

Lawan stated in the letter, a copy of which was made available to journalists, I had considered bringing this issue as a matter of privilege on the floor of the House later today (April 24), but I am concerned that the controversy it will generate will dwarf the contents of the report, which needs public attention so that necessary reforms in the sector could be affected.

He said, Given the desperation of Mr. Otedola, handling this matter, in a firm but diplomatic manner is necessary as he has also made some veiled threats which put me and members of the committee in a delicate situation.

The ad hoc committee chairman also disclosed in another letter to the House leadership that the clerk of the committee, Mr Boniface Emenalo, had, in a letter written to him on April 24, 2012, said Otedolaoffered him $100,000.

Otedola had, in an interview with a national newspaper on Monday, said Lawan and the secretary of the committee, Mr Emenalo, had collected $620,000 from him in a sting operation masterminded by the security agencies.

Meanwhile, strong indications emerged on Monday that the House of Representatives may cut short its recess, as members are reportedly mounting pressure on the speaker to convene an emergency session over the $3 million bribery scandal rocking the Lawan-led committee that probed the fuel subsidy regime.

Investigations by the Nigerian Tribune revealed that most of the members were not happy over the incident, which was coming at the time the seventh session of the House was still battling with the N44 million bribery allegation leveled against the embattled chairman of the House Committee on Capital Market and Other Institutions, Honourable Herman Hembe.

According to most of the lawmakers who spoke with Nigerian Tribune on Monday, the matter had become complicated with Otedola's confirmation that he actually gave out the bribe, adding that the best thing for the leadership of the House to do was to call for an emergency session, with a view to taking necessary measures to save the image of the House.

One of the lawmakers specifically stated that there was no need for further delay on the matter, since the person who was at the centre of the whole saga had come out openly to confirm that he actually gave out the bribe on the order of security agencies in the country.
This is coming as more revelations emerged on Monday that the embattled ad hoc committee actually made contact with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and reportedly demanded a whopping amount of money from the corporation and other oil marketers in exchange for favourable report.

Nigerian Tribune authoritatively learnt that the NNPC could not meet up with the demand of the committee, as its Group Managing Director (GMD), Mr Austin Oniwon and his management team were said to have resolved not to pay the amount because of the anti-corruption posture of the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan and its implications should the deal be blown open.
It was gathered that already, security agents are in possession of evidence of the committee’s contacts with the NNPC and other oil marketers, and were reportedly working on those evidence.

Efforts to speak with the officials of the NNPC over the alleged bribery scandal, on Monday, were unsuccessful, as none of them was willing to volunteer information, as those approached claimed that they were still mourning the death of the spokesman of the corporation, Dr Levi Ajuonuma.

However, the House spokesman, Honourable Zakari Mohammed, when contacted by phone, said “we can't take any action now until we resume from our two-week break.

http://www.nigerianmuse.com/20120615162853zg/sections/general-articles/star-chronology-the-otedola-lawan-saga-of-bribery-over-fuel-subsidy-report/

I blieve dem REPS wld in d spirit of espirit de corp wld naturally protect FL (1 of their comrade) who is clearly GUILTY. As for FO this is a test of how wealthy he truly is, in anycase it's a lose-lose sitation for thieving muda4kas!

sakaba: I blieve dem REPS wld in d spirit of espirit de corp wld naturally protect FL (1 of their comrade) who is clearly GUILTY. As for FO this is a test of how wealthy he truly is, in anycase it's a lose-lose sitation for thieving muda4kas!

its too late now cos he's been out smarted by femi ote$

Mad Man

So where is the money now ? the guy is an imbe*cile

Absolute rubbish! Caught in the act period!

Na wa o faruk wan change am 4 otedola

~Bluetooth:

So where is the money now ? the guy is an imbe*cile

the money was stolen but $10k was recovered. i think he's smart but not smart enough to out smart femi ote$

Like tuface said, 'e be like say dem want to start another deceiving again o'.

Everyone is now playing his own joker card. This clearly shows that there is no honor amongst thieves. As expected, this will just fizzle out into nothingness at the end of the day and FL will resume his seat in the house.

Just another normal day in naija

CHECKMATE NOT SO EASILY FOLKS!D GAME CONTINUES...WATCHOUT

I read this article 2wks ago...One thing i have noticed about dis saga is.....all the infos against lawan are all from THISDAY NEWSPAPER. How come d lyks of punch vanguard d nation and sun doesnt have access to this infos? How come no1 is speaking with d above newspapers except THIS DAY? I dont trust that newspaper one bit!!! Na them go c lawan put money inside cap....lwkmd

Farouk lawan is an idiot
Is too late to cry when the head is off

So if Facrook was not willing to play ball, why did he move the motion for Zenon and Synopsis to be delisted ?

Jigsaw puzzle. Must this things keep happening in the House? Can't people learn?

Didn't Otedola already said this was a sting operation?

Then ofcourse, it would look like "Operation bribe the thief", wouldn't it?

Too late. He has a case to answer. Where are the marked Dola notes? What can he say about the phone calls and videos?

farouk should try n provide reasonable evidence to match d overwhelming evidence against him instead off cropping up document that cannot be substanciated date-wise.

He's been outsmarted already.... Except he's gat more clinical evidences.... To show. See what stupidity can cause? S.m.h may be he's guilty as charged. Waiting 4 the outcome though.

i will not denied the fact that pdp is a blessing to Nigerians which i had confirmed it.

See as dem dey use una(nigerians) head dey play kalo kalo. Chai

Who is fooling who.........Either Farouk Lawal or Otedola should be sentence to death by hanging if found guilty of accepting bribe or given bribe

OBJ was 100% right afterall,lets rename NA to National Assembly of Rogues and Armed Robbers.

Jimmy Boy: So if Facrook was not willing to play ball, why did he move the motion for Zenon and Synopsis to be delisted ?

Million dollar question! This is all that is required to nail him in court.

Second question: why did he deny at first then rescind after Otedola said he has video and audio evidence?

Third question: why did he not record the encounter with Otedola?

Forth Q: if he had correspondence with the house, why has the house denied him?

And sixth Q: Where is the darn money? That the money was stolen is the most bare faced and insulting lie I have ever heard. Does he think we are all f00ls. SMH!!!

....And does the evidence in anyway dispute the fact from the Video clip that FAROUK LAWAN aka Mr Integrity stuffed dollars bills inside his CAP after all other pockets in his cloth were filled to the brim with dollars?

If he was really taking the BRIBE to rope Otedola, we all know he should have openly held the envelope because he doesn't have anything to hide or be scared about.

A Drowning Man trying to pull another into the rive.

Hon Lawan should have exposed all these allegations from the onset.
It's very hard for anyone to believe his evidence now, too late.

i wan shit! Who get tissue paper ooooo.mscheeeeew.stupid idiotic liars

Apart from being a cheap thief, what really appalls me about FLawan is that he is not even intelligent one bit. A real aboki! He can't even lie properly. How did he pass in school? Naija we hail o!

davechika:
the money was stolen but $10k was recovered. i think he's smart but not smart enough to out smart femi ote$

Y didnt they steal all d money? Sound Sultan don talk am say 1 day bush meat go catch d hunter!

Delafruita: STAR CHRONOLOGY: The Otedola-Lawan Saga of Bribery over Fuel Subsidy Report

June 15th, 2012 posted by NigerianMuse // Categories: General Articles

STAR CHRONOLOGY: The Otedola-Lawan Saga of Bribery over Fuel Subsidy Report

Dear Citizens of Nigeria,

Here is the Chronology:

2012:
April 18: Date of House Fuel Subsidy Report (Zenon and Synopsis Indicted)

April 21: Date of Delivery of First Bribe Money to Farouk Lawan ($250,000)

April 23: Date of Delivery of Second Bribe Money to Farouk Lawan ($250,000)

April 24 (early morning) Date of Delivery of Third Bribe Money to Farouk Lawan’s Aide ($100,000)

April 24: (late morning) Date of House Plenary Discussion on Subsidy Report (Zenon and Synopsis Delisted)

April 24: Lawan writes to Chairman of the House Committee on Financial Crimes of Otedola’s persistence to offer him bribe to influencethe outcome of the investigation

April 24: Clerk of the committee, Mr Boniface Emenalo, writes to Lawan that Otedola offered him $100,000

April 24: Lawan discloses in another letter to the House leadership that the clerk of the committee, Mr Boniface Emenalo, wrote to him that Otedola offered him $100,000

April 28: Farouk Lawan grants an Interview revealing pressures on him

May 9: The IGP, in a letter with reference number CR:3000/IGP.SEC/STF/FHQ/ABJ/ VOL 2/309, calls Lawan’s attention to an interview he granted a national newspaper on April 28,2012 and directed, “a discreet investigation into the matter.”

May 16: Letter reference CR:3000/IGP.SEC/STF/ FHQ/ABJ/VOL 2/319, signed by Amodu, the IGP requested money exhibit, names of witnesses and other material evidence from Lawan

May 31: Lawan explains in a letter to the Inspector General of Police that the matter (bribe offer) had been referred to the relevant committee of the House for legislative actions

June 4: IGP, in a letter to the Speaker of the House, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal, states that a detailed criminal investigation had beenordered into the matter.


THE bribery saga in the House of Representatives took a new turn on Monday when documents made available to journalists in Abuja showed that the Inspector General of Police and the relevant House committee were officially informed of alleged attempt by Mr Femi Otedola to bribe the committee as soon as the offer was made.

Lawan had in a statement on Sunday denied taking any bribe from any oil magnate in the course of the probe of the fuel subsidy.
About four correspondence were distributed to journalists by a highly placed official in the House of Representatives showing that the police authorities were informed and actions were taken to investigate the oil magnate`s attempt to bribe the committee.

One of the letters revealed that the Inspector General, in a correspondence dated, May 9, 2012, directed the task-force on investigation to meet him. The IGP, in the letter with reference numberCR:3000/IGP.SEC/STF/FHQ/ABJ/ VOL 2/309, called Lawan's attention to an interview he granted a national newspaper on April 28,2012 and directed, a discreet investigation into the matter. The letter was signed by the Commissioner of Police, Special Task Force, Ali Amodu.

Another correspondence dated May 16, 2012 with reference number CR:3000/IGP.SEC/STF/FHQ/ABJ/ VOL 2/319, and signed by Amodu, the IGP requested money exhibit, names of witnesses and other material evidence from him.

Another document showed Lawan explaining in a letter dated May 31, 2012, to the Inspector General of Police that the matter (bribe offer) had been referred to the relevant committee of the House for legislative actions.

A fourth correspondence revealed that the IGP, in a letter to the Speaker of the House, Honourable Aminu Tambuwal, dated June 4, 2012, stated that a detailed criminal investigation had been ordered into the matter.

In the letter entitled, Investigation activities: Letter of invitation in a case of criminal conspiracy and attempt to pervert the course of justice by offering gratification, the office of the IGP stated that the Inspector General of Police has directed a detailed criminal investigation into the matter.

Lawan had intimated the Chairman of the House Committee on Financial Crimes, in a letter dated April 24, 2012, of Otedola's persistence to offer him bribe to influence the outcome of the investigation. This letter was also made available to the media.
According to the letter, Attached (to the letter) is the sum of five hundred thousand dollars only offered to me with another promise of two million, five hundred thousand dollars.

On why he did not inform the House in session, Lawan stated in the letter that he kept mute on the matter because it would overshadow the essence of the fuel subsidy probe.

Lawan stated in the letter, a copy of which was made available to journalists, I had considered bringing this issue as a matter of privilege on the floor of the House later today (April 24), but I am concerned that the controversy it will generate will dwarf the contents of the report, which needs public attention so that necessary reforms in the sector could be affected.

He said, Given the desperation of Mr. Otedola, handling this matter, in a firm but diplomatic manner is necessary as he has also made some veiled threats which put me and members of the committee in a delicate situation.

The ad hoc committee chairman also disclosed in another letter to the House leadership that the clerk of the committee, Mr Boniface Emenalo, had, in a letter written to him on April 24, 2012, said Otedolaoffered him $100,000.

Otedola had, in an interview with a national newspaper on Monday, said Lawan and the secretary of the committee, Mr Emenalo, had collected $620,000 from him in a sting operation masterminded by the security agencies.

Meanwhile, strong indications emerged on Monday that the House of Representatives may cut short its recess, as members are reportedly mounting pressure on the speaker to convene an emergency session over the $3 million bribery scandal rocking the Lawan-led committee that probed the fuel subsidy regime.

Investigations by the Nigerian Tribune revealed that most of the members were not happy over the incident, which was coming at the time the seventh session of the House was still battling with the N44 million bribery allegation leveled against the embattled chairman of the House Committee on Capital Market and Other Institutions, Honourable Herman Hembe.

According to most of the lawmakers who spoke with Nigerian Tribune on Monday, the matter had become complicated with Otedola's confirmation that he actually gave out the bribe, adding that the best thing for the leadership of the House to do was to call for an emergency session, with a view to taking necessary measures to save the image of the House.

One of the lawmakers specifically stated that there was no need for further delay on the matter, since the person who was at the centre of the whole saga had come out openly to confirm that he actually gave out the bribe on the order of security agencies in the country.
This is coming as more revelations emerged on Monday that the embattled ad hoc committee actually made contact with the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) and reportedly demanded a whopping amount of money from the corporation and other oil marketers in exchange for favourable report.

Nigerian Tribune authoritatively learnt that the NNPC could not meet up with the demand of the committee, as its Group Managing Director (GMD), Mr Austin Oniwon and his management team were said to have resolved not to pay the amount because of the anti-corruption posture of the administration of President Goodluck Jonathan and its implications should the deal be blown open.
It was gathered that already, security agents are in possession of evidence of the committee’s contacts with the NNPC and other oil marketers, and were reportedly working on those evidence.

Efforts to speak with the officials of the NNPC over the alleged bribery scandal, on Monday, were unsuccessful, as none of them was willing to volunteer information, as those approached claimed that they were still mourning the death of the spokesman of the corporation, Dr Levi Ajuonuma.

However, the House spokesman, Honourable Zakari Mohammed, when contacted by phone, said “we can't take any action now until we resume from our two-week break.

http://www.nigerianmuse.com/20120615162853zg/sections/general-articles/star-chronology-the-otedola-lawan-saga-of-bribery-over-fuel-subsidy-report/

Medicine after death. This afterthought of Facrook will take him no where. The idiot should just own up and beg for the forgiveness of Nigerians. He will get a short prison sentence like DSP ALamiesiegha. Afterall that criminal and ex-con was in church with GEJ last Sunday in Aso Rock chapel. How did Alams get an invite into that chapel? Bad publicity for GEJ.

Let me not digress here, back to Facrook. He had better spilled the beans now and name his co-conspirators. There's not point looking for a hiding place. "Wind don blow, fowl yansh don expose!"

This is a classic tale of the hunter now being the hunted but in this case we don't know the hunter nor the bushmeat. If you want to dine with the devil, you need to use a long spoon. But how about not dining with the devil at all because no matter how smart you are, the devil will always out smart you and at the end of the day, you will find yourself in the devil's stomach. Farcrook should never have met nor collected money from Otedollar at all in the first place. Farouk is going down.

Time between collection of bribe(April 13 or so) and report to Police(May 9) too long to be convinced by this. It appears Faruk reported after he got wind that FO had already reported to SSSS earlier.

These documentary evidences don't add up. Plus the manner he accepted the bribe(filling his cap etc), if reports of Thisday were true, makes it look more real than an attempt to expose somebody.