A former House of Representatives member from Kano State, Farouk Lawan, has been released after completing a five-year jail term.
Lawan was sentenced for soliciting and accepting a bribe of $500,000.
He was known for his incorruptible disposition until the debacle.
Lawan was convicted for attempting to extort a $3 million bribe from Femi Otedola, a billionaire oil tycoon from Nigeria, during his time as the chairman of the House of Representatives ad-hoc committee that was probing fuel subsidy fraud in 2012.
