The former lawmaker from Kano state was jailed for collecting 500,000 dollars bribe from oil magnate, Femi Otedola.
Justice Angela Otaluka, who presided over the trial, also ordered Lawan to pay back the 500, 000 dollars he collected as bribe to remove Zenon Oil, the company owned by Otedola from the petrol subsidy probe by the Goodluck Jonathan administration.
Lawan was found guilty of the three count charge.
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