Also remanded in custody was the committee’s former secretary, Boniface Enemalo.
They were arraigned for allegedly soliciting for and collecting a bribe of $620,000 from the Chairman of Zenon Oil, Femi Otedola.
At the resumption of trial on Friday, the duo pleaded not guilty to the seven-count charge filed against them. The counsels to the lawmakers, Rickey Tarfa and Mike Ozhekome, both Senior Advocates of Nigeria, had earlier filed a bail application on their behalf.
However, the presiding judge, Justice Mudashiru Oniyangi, ruled that both Lawan and Emenalo be remanded in Kuje Prison pending the ruling on their bail application.
He subsequently picked February 8 for ruling on the application.