An FCT High Court on Tuesday sentenced Farouk Lawal to seven years imprisonment for collecting $500,000 bribe.
Delivering judgement, Justice Angela Otaluka, the trial judge, ordered Lawan to restitute the $500,000.
The EFCC charged Lawan with collecting $500,000 of a $3 million bribe he solicited from oil tycoon, Femi Otedola, to drop his company from the investigation.
Lawan chaired the House of Representatives committee that produced the fuel scam report, accusing some of those who import fuel of massive corruption.
