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| FAROUK LAWAN |
The suspended Chairman of the House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee
on the Monitoring of the Fuel Subsidy regime, Hon. Farouk Lawan, was
Tuesday night barred from travelling out of the country at the Murtala
Muhammed International Airport, Lagos.
Lawan, who is currently under investigation for collecting $620,000 from the Chairman, Zenon Petroleum & Gas Ltd, Mr. Femi Otedola, to doctor the report of the House ad hoc committee, was scheduled to board an Emirates Airline flight en route to Saudi Arabia to perform the lesser Hajj when he was stopped by operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) at the airport and prevented from leaving the country.
Lawan, who is currently under investigation for collecting $620,000 from the Chairman, Zenon Petroleum & Gas Ltd, Mr. Femi Otedola, to doctor the report of the House ad hoc committee, was scheduled to board an Emirates Airline flight en route to Saudi Arabia to perform the lesser Hajj when he was stopped by operatives of the State Security Service (SSS) at the airport and prevented from leaving the country.
Reliable sources in the SSS confirmed that the decision to bar Lawan
from travelling stemmed from the fact that he is considered a flight
risk and might seize the opportunity to flee the country in order to
avoid arrest and arraignment.
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