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

FEMI GBAJABIAMILA,EMERGED AS THE MAJORITY LEADER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.

                                            According to sources,Femi Gbajabiamila has emerged as the Majority Leader of the House of Representatives after he settled his dispute with the Speaker of the House of Representatives,Yakubu Dogara.The duo along with other members of the All Progressives Congress met with President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday monday to settle the lingering dispute in the Green Chambers.Shortly after the meeting Dogara stated that members of the party in the Green Chamber would proffer a lasting solution to the crises that has torn the party apart.According to him,he will continue to obey and abide by the party's position and decisions on matters concerning the National Assembly.He said ''I will always be by the party.There has never been a time that i never stood firmly by the party.So,like my chairman has explained,we are going to do it in consultation with the party and i'm sure that sooner than later we will have good news for Nigerians''.Femi Gbajabiamila,a member of the House of Representatives who also participated in the meeting,expressed optimism that the dispute would be resolved by today tuesday.He described the meeting as fruitful as all contending groups in the House of Representatives came together for the first time in a cordial atmosphere.

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