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
Today was a day of joy for a Lagos State Transport Management Authority {LASTMA} officer,Ganiyu Raimi,who was accused of killing a commercial motorcycle rider Clement Okoro at Oke Afa Isolo.Ganiyu Raimi has been in prison ever since the alleged murder occurred in 2010.He was discharged and acquitted by Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo of the Ikeja High Court.According to eyewitness accounts regarding the case,they said an argument occurred between Ganiyu Raimi and the deceased Clement Okoro,which led to a hot exchange of words after which Okoro sped off with his bike.Few kilometers away from the scene of the incident the deceased Clement Okoro started to feel unwell and was rushed to the hospital where he died.Ganiyu Raimi's colleagues who testified to the fact that through out the time which the argument lasted,the deceased never alighted from his bike and Ganiyu Raimi did not touch him at any point.While the third witness to the case Humphrey Odem,who was the deceased passenger testified that Ganiyu Raimi hit the deceased with his hands and belt.Justice Akapo said that ''The case is sch that it does not require any explanation from the accused.I thereby hold that the case put together by the prosecution has failed to achieve it's purpose.The case has been a total waste of the time of the Judiciary and the accused is hereby discharged and acquitted''.
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