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
A group of Ethiopean bloggers and journalists were detained for nearly three months,haven been charged for having links to an outlawed and planning attacks,says the Judge.The seven bloggers and three journalists were arrested in April ,prompting an outcry from rights groups who said the case was an assault on press freedom.They were accused of planning attacks in Ethiopia and working in collusion with the US based opposition Ginbot 7,labelled by Ethiopian authorities as a terrorist organisation.The Judge said ''They took training in how to make explosive and plan to train others''.The picture above belongs to one o the bloggers Eskinder Nega,his currently serving an 18 year sentence for having links with Ginbot 7,which calls for the violent overthrow of the rulling party.The trial for other bloggers resumes 4th of August.
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