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 monday,the Governor of Ekiti state Mr Ayodele Fayose who was at the Secretariat at 8:00am on the dot,apprehended over 30 civil servants who came late and directed that a disciplinary committee be set up to try them with appropriate sanctions.Many of the Civil Servants on sighting the Governor scampered around to avoid being apprehended.Meanwhile,the Governor has state that unscheduled visit will continue until appropriate discipline has been entrenched in civil service,saying he could be at the MDAs anytime.He noted that if the government is working round the clock to ensure workers salaries are paid as at when due in spite of the economic downtum,the workers should reciprocate the gesture by being alive to their responsibilities.The Head of Service Dr Olugbega,while reacting said several warnings,interface and memos have been issued on the need for civil servants to shun lateness and absenteeism.He noted that it is time to enforce strict adherence to the civil service rules,adding that workers have to sit up and reciprocate the gesture of the government which has made the payment of salaries and allowances of workers its priority.More photos below. 
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