Hon. Farouk Lawan suspended

The House of Representatives  at its emergency meeting yesterday suspended the embattled Hon. Farouk Lawan as chairman of the bribery allegation riddled fuel subsidy probe committee.Lawan is also suspended as the Chairman of the Education Committee of the House.
 Farouk Lawan is facing allegations of demanding $3million bribe from Femi Otedola Zenon Oil. Otedola said Lawan collected initial payments $500,000 while he sent Emenalo to collect $120,000 at a later date.

The Speaker of the House of Reps, Hon, Aminu Waziri Tambuwal appointed Hon. John Enoh (PDP, Obubra, C’River) to replace suspended Farouk Lawan.Enoh now heads the Adhoc committee on subsidy.The House also mandated its committee on ethics to look at the allegation made against Farouk Lawan and its committee.