LAGOS COURT JAILS NOGASA CHAIR, FATUYI PHILLIPS 21 YEARS FOR N43. 5M FRAUD. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE

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 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

SENATOR BURUJI KASHAMU,HURRIEDLY CAME DOWN FROM A PLANE TODAY WITH HIS LAWYERS,FOR FEAR OF BEING ARRESTED.

                  Today wednesday,Prince Buruji Kashamu,the Ogun east Senator,who was wanted in the United States,was billed to travel to Abuja from Lagos today,after he failed to commit the office of the Attorney General of the Federation and the NDLEA for criminal contempt over extradiction moves to the USA.He had sat in the Business class of Aero Flight 127,Abuja bound,along with his lawyers when the captain announced a minor problem with the plane.The captain said the light of an indicator had not come on brightly enough and that the Aero engineers are fixing the problem.To keep the passengers at ease,the captain gave them the assurance that the problem was nothing to worry about and that the resolution of the problem will not take three minutes.No sooner the captain finished talking,Kashamu signaled his lawyers,asking them to to alight from the plane.Other passengers who had calmly listened to captain Kunle's explanation remained glued to their seats and burst out laughing when Buruji and his lawyers hurriedly alighted from the plane.Though sources said the Aero flight 127,which left Lagos,landed in Abuja without incidents.

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