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
According to the Nigerian police,a suspect named Olaniyan Oluwakayode,whose pictured above,raped a girl in his apartment at Ifako area of Lagos.These Osun state indigene was arrested by the police and brought to the Lagos State Ministry of Women Affairs and Poverty Alleviation,WAPA in handcuffs.The victims name was withheld for security reasons but she hails from Akwa Ibom state.She claimed Olaniyan raped her,snapped her pictures,despite pleas from his sister to desist from such barbaric act,saying Olaniyan was not her boyfriend as he claimed.Director of Child Development WAPA,Mrs Alaba Fadairo said the case would be charged to court as it was a case of raping and uploading the pictures on the internet.The case would not be swept under the carpet except the victim herself was opting out.The government would not give up.''You do not have to force a person to have your way.It has to be mutual consent.The most barbaric aspect is that it was done and it was aired.Where is the dignity of the woman?.It shows the person is callous and wicked and i think we should allow the arm of the law take its course so that the girl could feel justice has been served''.The victim said ''He has been asking me out for a long time.I was never his girlfriend,i have my own boyfriend.He raped me with pains,even his sister was crying and he snapped me immediately and his sister even said she will call his mother because even if she was the one they did that thing to,he would even over react''.The suspect said ''I was fighting with my girlfriend but they are accusing me of raping her.I never deny the fact that i snapped her picture when she was naked.We were fighting inside,but any other allegation levelled against me is a big lie.The only thing i did which i do not deny is that i snapped her naked picture''.
All rapist should be burnt alive
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