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 Public Relations officer of the Kano State Board,Malam Mohammed Yola,disclosed this in an interview in Kano today saturday,that Kano state had facilitated the return of 52 street beggars to their states of origin.He said the affected beggars were brought to Kano state from Lagos state in December,2014.''The street beggars were arrested by the Lagos state Government which banned street begging and sent them back to Kano.The Kano state Government then directed the board to return some of them to their respective states of origin.29 of them were from some local government areas in Kano state while the remaining 52 were from other states in the North.13 from Jigawa,12 from Katsina,3 from Niger,four from Zamfara anf four from Kebbi.
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