AS the police continue to wait for the suspended chairman of the ad hoc committee on fuel subsidy regime, Farouk Lawan, to return the $620,000 bribe allegedly collected from oil mogul, Femi Otedola, it does not appear that the lawmaker will return the money soon.

Informed police sources disclosed to the Nigerian Tribune in Abuja, on Wednesday, that while Lawan had continued to plead for time with the police to return the money, he was working day and night assembling a group of lawyers to take on the police on the matter.

According to a source, the embattled erstwhile chairman, House Committee on Education is likely to drag the police to court, to challenge his arrest and, continued reporting to them every two days.
Reporting to the police every 48 hours is one  of the conditions given to him for his bail, which he has been honouring accordingly.

Lawan was at the Force Headquarters on Wednesday to meet with the detectives and barely spent 20 minutes. It was learnt that Lawan pleaded to be given more time to return the money.

However, police sources revealed that while Lawan is pleading for time, the police was considering the option but to charge him to court, as it was  getting clearer that the money could no longer be retrieved from him.

He is expected to return to the police tomorrow, but sources told the Nigerian Tribune that a final report on Lawan may have been submitted to the Inspector General of Police and the next line of action to be taken would be to invite all the members of the committee on the fuel subsidy regime.

Lawan was said to have claimed that he gave the money to the House Committee chairman on Narcotics and Financial Crimes, Mr Adams Jangaba, who has since denied the claim.

Jangaba had also written to detectives that he knew nothing about the money, a claim which detectives said could be adopted as his own statement.

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KJ
written by JK, June 28, 2012

How can money collected as evidence be tampered with? Wonders shall never end. Mr Intergrity.

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written by boko haram, June 28, 2012

you now see that the dimunitive Lawan is acting out script given him by his sponsors since they control all machineries of govt.How can a thief be playing with a serious matter that attracts death in China and the equally useless police looking helpless because someone is pressing button because of cal;ibre of thieves involve in the looting

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Lock them all up (life for life)
written by IEA, June 28, 2012

The guys are all criminals and the security agencies and the so called “houses”/”government” are watching, doing nothing!!! These criminals must be brought to book. This is the only country where everything goes for nothing and nothing goes for everything. “The system is corrupt and nothing is corrupt”.

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written by Dele Dipo, June 28, 2012

If it is an ordinary gentle thief in the street, our police will know how to retrieve the money evidence from. Does it really me that you are only a criminal if you dont have connection of when you are not in power.

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written by chigbo, June 28, 2012

Its only in nigeria that a police authority would waiting and beginning a suspect on bail to fulfill his bail condition:
Tomorrow nigerian government would be expecting respect from the civilised world

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written by Aminu mamud Tudunwada, June 28, 2012

Inspector General of police and your detective team are you not ashamed of yourselves for not charging Hon Faruk Lawal to court?What are you waiting for?! he has already confess the crime? we a warching.

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