Femi Otedola, founder of Zenon
Petroleum and Gas Limited, says Farouk Lawan, a former lawmaker, demanded
$500,000 bribe from him.
Lawan is a former chairman of a
house of representatives committee probing the multi-billion naira fuel subsidy
fraud.
He chaired the probe committee in
the seventh assembly.
The former lawmaker is accused of
receiving money from Otedola to remove Zenon from the list of oil companies
allegedly involved in the fuel subsidy fraud.
He was charged by the office of
the attorney-general of the federation (AGF) for allegedly receiving bribe.
During the hearing of the case at
a federal capital territory (FCT) high court in Abuja on Wednesday, Adegboyega
Awomolo, counsel to the federal government, played the tape showing Lawan
receiving the said sum.
While giving his testimony,
Otedola said Lawan removed Zenon from the list of indicted oil companies after
he collected the money.
He said $2.5 million was the
balance he was expected to pay the ex-lawmaker.
“I could not have put him under
pressure because Zenon Oil was not involved in the theft of subsidy funds,” he
told the court.
“If he did not demand (for money),
why will he collect the $500,000 and was expecting $2.5 million. He did mention
to me that the $3 million was going to be shared by himself and other officers
of the house.
“I did not offer any $3 million.
I was one of the biggest players in the business and I reported the matter when
I found out about the scam.
“He did mention to me that
several companies involved in the scam were paying and I reported to the DSS.”
After Awomolo finished quizzing
Otedola, L Azuka, a lawyer from the chambers of Mike Ozekhome, counsel to
Lawan, asked the court for an adjournment.
Azuka told the court that
Ozekhome, the lead counsel, was “unavoidably absent.”
“The witness has given lengthy
evidence. We will need time to study the evidence that he presented today viz-a-viz
the statement he gave to the police,” he said.
“We don’t have copies, we need to
obtain copies and prepare for the cross-examination.”
The counsel added that he was
sick and would not be able to cross-examine the witness.
The federal government’s lawyer
protested, urging the court not to grant the request of Azuka.
“We will ask our lordship to
utilise the day,” he said.
However, Angela Otaluka, the
judge, granted the prayer of the defence counsel and adjourned the matter till
January 28, 2019.
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