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
Yesterday monday a man identified as Chukwuebuka Okeke who allegedly beat Nwabunike Ezeike,a co-tenant to death over N5,000 electricity bill,was yesterday remanded in prison.An Ebute Meta Chief Magistrate's Court which gave the ruling,said the accused should be remanded at Ikoyi Prisons pending advice from the Director of Public Prosecutions {DPP}.The accused 28 who lives at Tokosi street,Orile-Iganmu,is being tried for murder.Prosecuting Corporal Iyobosa Onaiwu told the court that the offence was committed on December 1.Onaiwu said Ezeike's death was caused by the blows he received on his head from Okeke following an argument over payment of electricity bills.He said the offence contravened section 221 of the Criminal Law of Lagos state.Chief Magistrate B.O.Ope-Agbe adjourned the case to February 1.
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