LAGOS COURT JAILS NOGASA CHAIR, FATUYI PHILLIPS 21 YEARS FOR N43. 5M FRAUD. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE
Lagos Court Jails NOGASA Chair, Fatuyi Phillips 21 Years for N43.5m Fraud Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, November 18, 2024, convicted and sentenced Fatuyi Yemi Philips, Chairman, Natural Oil and Gas Suppliers Association of Nigeria, NOGASA, to 21 years imprisonment for N43.5m fraud. The Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on April 5, 2022, arraigned Philips alongside his firm, Oceanview Oil and Gas Limited, on a two-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N43, 502,000.00 Count one reads: "Fatuyi Yemi Philips and Oceanview Oil and Gas Nigeria Limited, on or about the 28th day of September, 2016 at Lagos, within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud, obtained the aggregate sum of N43, 502,000.00 from Elochukwu Okoye and Elebana Unique Ventures Nigeria Limited on behalf of WAPCIL Nigeria Limited under the false rep
ATTEMPT BY A MIDDLE AGED MAN TO PRESENT HIMSELF AS A SENIOR POLICE COMMISSIONER AND CURRY FAVOUR FROM UNSUSPECTING GOVERNMENT AGENCIES IN THE FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY HAS BACKED FIRED,EXPOSING HIM AS FAKE ASSISTANT POLICE COMMISSIONER.CONVINCED THAT KUNLE ADESHOLA WAS ALSO GOES BY THE NAMES OF DR KUNLE SHOAL,DRK ADESHOLA AND SUNDAY MEALAYESHE ADEKUNLE WAS NOT SINCERE IN HIS EXPLOITS,OPERATIVE OF THE EFCC,IMMEDIATELY ARRESTED AND DETAINED HIM IN THEIR CUSTODY.THE SUSPECT WAS DESCRIBED TO BE A SERIAL IMPOSTOR AND DDEFRAUDING OFFICIALS OF GOVERNMENT AGENCIES UNDER THE GUISE OF CONDUCTING PHANTOM INVESTIGATIONS.DURING SEARCH IN HIS APARTMENT IN LUGBE,ASUBURB OF ABUJA YIELDED A NUMBER OF DOCUMENTS SUSPECTED TO BE FAKE.THEY INCLUDED COPIES OF NYSC EXEMPTION CERTIFICATES AND BLANK COPIES OF UNIVERSITY OF JOS CERTIFICATE.
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