Former Rep Farouk Lawan Thanks President Tinubu For Casting Warm Blanket Over Him
Farouk Lawan, a former member of the House of Representatives, has thanked President Bola Tinubu for granting him presidential pardon calling him a fatherly, compassionate, and decisive political leader.
Recall that the former federal lawmaker was one of the 175 persons granted presidential pardon on Thursday sequel to the approval of the Council of State.
Team@orientactualmags.com learned that Farouk , who took to Facebook to react to the granting of pardon to him on Thursday night, thanked the president for casting a warm blanket over him.
‘To a fatherly, compassionate, and decisive political leader, His Excellency, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, God, and history shall remember you.
Mr President has cast a warm blanket over me, pulling me back from the harshness of yesterday’s cold. A day like this is not for a long treatise.
I lie, prostrate utterly humble in my heart and entire being, grateful for the mercy which Allah (SWT), through Mr President and my country, have shown me’ he submitted.
Recall that Farouk Lawan had regained his freedom in October last year after spending five years behind bars.
Recall also that trouble had begun for the former federal lawmaker when Justice Angela Otaluka  of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court declared him convicted of bribery  in June 2021.
He was declared guilty of receiving a N500,000 bribe while serving as the chairman of the ad-hoc committee set up by the House of Representatives to investigate fuel subsidy fraud in 2012.
Although, he got a seven-year sentence he was however lucky to have this reduced to five years by the Court of Appeal.
The Supreme Court had also upheld his conviction last year.
Lawan represented Bagwai/Shanono Federal Constituency, Kano State in the House of Representatives from 1999 to 2015-Team@orientactualmags.com  Do you have any information you wish to share with us? Do you want us to cover your event or programme? Kindly send SMS to 08035023079, 08059100286, 09094171980 or get in touch via orientactualmag@gmail.com. Thank you
