Farouk Muhammad Lawan listenⓘ (born 6 July 1962) is a Nigerian politician and four-term (since 1999) member of the House of Representatives for the Bagwai/Shanono Federal Constituency of Kano State.

[6] On 22 June 2021, the trial of Farouk Lawan came to a logical conclusion as the judge, Angela Otaluka, sentenced the former federal lawmaker to seven years in prison.

[7] Otaluka, a judge of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Apo, Abuja, who jailed Lawan for corruptly demanding $3 million and eventually taking $500,000 bribe while serving as the chairman of the House of Representatives’ ad-hoc committee investigating the fraud around fuel subsidy in 2012.

In her judgment, Otaluka relied heavily on the testimony of Otedola,[8] who described giving the $500,000 to Lawan in a sting operation planned with the State Security Service (SSS) to obtain evidence of extortion against the lawmaker.

[9][10] Farouk Lawan was released from prison on 22 October 2024 after serving his sentence for accepting bribes during his tenure as a member of the Nigerian House of Representatives.