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

2 TRAFFIC OFFENDERS IN LAGOS,WERE GIVEN CUTLASSES TO CUT GRASSES AROUND A COURT COMPOUND.

                    Today friday,an Ikorodu Magistrate Court in Lagos stat,sentenced two drivers to 60 hours of community service for obstructing road traffic and reckless driving on Ikorodu highway.The Magistrate Mrs A.B Olagbegi,sentenced the drivers after they had pleaded guilty to a two count charge of traffic offence.The convicts,54 year old Musiliu Akanji and 32 year old Ibukun Oyewole who reside at Ikorodu Garage area of Ikorodu,allegedly drove their vehicles recklessly on the highway without regard for other road users.The convicts were immediately given cutlasses to cut the overgrown grasses within the court premises.Earlier,the defendants counsel,Mr Adebowale Aromolaran,had pleaded with the court to temper justice with mercy,saying that his client had told the court the truth.Prosecutor Mary Ajiteru had told the court that the convicts drove their buses recklessly and parked dangerously on the highway.They both committed the offences on October 29 on Ikorodu township highways and the offences contravened section 45 and 18 {1} of the Road Traffic Laws of Lagos state.One more photo below.                                                                               

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