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
As early as 6:am today friday,about 10 thousand members of the Indigenous People of Biafra {IPOB} trekked from Aba in neighbouring Abia state and Port Harcourt,apparently to beat security checks,were converged at strategic position in the state capital from where they linked up with their members on ground to begin the protest.Although there was heavy security presence,including battle ready soldiers and heavily armed mobile policemen who drove behind the protesters in their vehicles.There was obvious anxiety among the residents as shop owners hurriedly locked up their shops,while motorists parked out of the road to make way for the road to make way for the long procession.They were chanting ''FG Free Nnamdi Kano now,Kanu is Biafra and we are Kanu''.One more photo below. 
Comments
Post a Comment