Agence France-PresseFebruary 1, 2013 23:30
A Nigerian court on Friday ordered that lawmaker Farouk Lawan be held without bail following a charge that he solicited a $3 million bribe from an oil baron while probing corruption in the oil industry.
The Lawan affair became front-page news in Nigeria when the story emerged last year.
Lawan, once known as a graft-busting legislator, pleaded not guilty to the charge that he demanded a bribe from Femi Otedola, head of Zenon Oil and Gas, in exchange for removing the firm's name from a damning final report.
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