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

34 PRISON INMATES,FREED YESTERDAY BY CHIEF JUDGE OF EKITI STATE.

                  Yesterday thursday,Chief Judge of Ekiti state Ayodeji Daramola,released 34 accused person awaiting trial in Ado-Ekiti Federal Prisons.The Judge ordered the release when he visited the prison as part of measures to check congestion.He decried the large number of inmates awaiting trial in the prison.He said those who were released had no case to answer from the Ministry of Justice,while some were released unconditionally.The Controller of the Prison,Mr Attar Mustapha,appealed to the relatives of those who were released not to reject them so that frustration will not lead them to committing greater offence.Mr Attar added that some of the inmates were victims of circumstance,and called on the public,NGOs and religious bodies to come and build workshops in the prison to keep the inmates busy.One of the freed inmates,Sunday Ogundele,thanked the Chief Judge for coming to their aid and promised not to go back to crime.One more photo below.                                                                                                                          

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