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

A TRICYCLE RIDER IN JOS DANIEL,WAS SENTENCED TO 1 MONTH IN PRISON TODAY FOR STEALING A TRANSFORMER.

                     Today thursday,a tricycle operator 25 year old Daniel Joseph,in Jos was sentenced to one month in prison for stealing a transformer after he pleaded guilty to the crime and he begged for leniency.The Magistrate Mr Tijanni Zololo also gave him an option to a fine of N500,000.Earlier the Police Prosecutor,Sgt Samuel Churkwap told the court that Victor Dung,a member of the Operation Rainbow,arrested Joseph and took him to A Division Police Station on August 27 2015.He said the convict and two others at large conspired and dismantled a 50 MVA transformer belonging to Jos Electricity Distribution Company {JEDC}.He said that Joseph was arrested by the police while conveying the parts of the transformer to an unknown destination.During the investigation,the convict confessed to have committed the offence.

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