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
The fire incident was caused by petrol that leaked from the underground tanks of OandO filling station.After the rain fall,inside the flood,a bus was faulty close to the filling station and as the driver of the bus was trying to start the bus before it caught fire,and the fire spread to other buses.The incident happened on sunday at Ojodu Alagbole Akute road,odo-Eran bustop.The filling station was completely burnt down.Not only the 3 buses burnt down but a Sienna space bus parked in the filling station was also burnt down.One of the drivers was rushed to an undisclosed private hospital in the area and in a critical condition.No death has been recorded yet but we were informed some people died.
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