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

SAUDI ARABIAN AUTHORITIES,ARRESTED 2 OYO PILGRIMS FOR CARRYING ILLEGAL DRUGS.

                       It was reported today that two of the 1,191 pilgrims from Oyo state who performed this year's Hajj were detained by the Saudi Arabian authorities for a drug related offence.Alhaji Adeleke Abdulkareem,the Secretary Oyo State Prilgrims Welfare Board,disclosed this in an interview with pressmen today in Ibadan today monday.He said the affected pilgrims were females,adding that one of them escaped while the other was still in detention.He said that the drug found with the pilgrims was Tramador,a contraband in Saudi Arabia,which the pilgrims had been warned against.Two other pilgrims from the state died due to ill health before Arafat Day.He further said that pilgrims to always comply with the rules and regulations of the Saudi authorities to avoid being arrested or tarnishing the country's image.He also confirmed that the last batch of pilgrims from the state arrived Nigeria on October 11,2015.

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