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

THE DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO,IS SET TO RELEASE 2,000 PRISONERS THIS MONTH.

              According to their Justice Minister Alexis Thambwe,he said yesterday tuesday that Democratic Republic of Congo will release 2,000 prisoners this month in a move to bring calm the political tension with the upcoming elections and to reduce overcrowding in the jails.The Justice Minister gave the number of the level offenders to be released as 1200,the prisoners who would have served one quarter of their sentences,received approval from the prison director and prosecutor general will be freed this month.The remaining number of 800 prisoners will be those that were pardoned by President Kabila last week.The President announced that prisoners over the age of 70 years detained for crimes that were not serious should be released.He added that the members of the separatist religious movement also be released from prison.DR Congo's jails hold around 20,000 prisoners,a number that is way past its capacity according to the United Nations.One more photo below.                            

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