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 friday,five members of a 15 man syndicate,specialising in dollar counterfeiting and defrauding members of the public were arrested by the Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad {RRS}.The suspects who were identified as 32 years old Ade Oladele,33 years old Friday Philip,35 years old Israel Ibeh,30 years old Oyewole Thompson and 31 years old Onyegbuchi Godwin were arrested at Oko Baba Sule,off Wilmer Bridge around Olodi Apapa area of Lagos.The syndicate led by their gang leader,simply identified as ''Toronto'' had defrauded Chioma Anozie of N210,000 under the pretext of supplying her phones and laptops.One of the gang members,Oyewole Thompson,met Anozie at Mile 2 pretending to be a foreigner looking for a marketer to help sell off a huge consignment of mobile phone and laptops.It was there she was directed to bring money to get the consignment.Found with the suspects were several denominations of fake US dollars and four mobile phones.The lady they duped Chioma Anozie said ''They told me to bring money.I paid them N210,000 and thereafter,i was asked to bring three live chickens in place of a newly born child's head,a pack of white handkerchiefs and traditional soap for money money making rituals''.
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