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

A HIGH COURT IN IKEJA,STRUCK OUT AN APPLICATION FILLED BY T.B JOSHUA'S CHURCH TODAY.

                      A Lagos High Court sitting in Ikeja today friday struck out an application filed by the Registered Trustees of the Synagogue Church of All Nations and its engineers seeking to stay proceedings in their trial by the court.This followed the withdrawal of their applications seeking to stay proceedings on the charges preferred against them by Lagos State Government.The withdrawal of the applications was sequel to the ruling of the Court of Appeal,Lagos which dismissed their bid to stop the trial before Justice Lateef Lawal-Akapo at the Lagos High Court,Ikeja.The state government had filed a 110-count charge bordering on involuntary manslaughter over the September 12,2014 collapse of its six storey guest house in the church.At the resumed sitting of the court today friday,counsels to the 3rd and 5th defendants,Mrs. Titilola Akinlawon and that of the fourth defendant,Olalekan Ojo,said in view of the ruling of the Court of Apeal,they were constrained to withdraw their application for stay of proceedings dated February 18,2015.They however,informed the court of another application seeking to quash the charges preferred against them by the state.The state's Director of Public Prosecution {DPP},Mrs Idowu Alakija,in her response,informed the court that they were served yesterday thursday.Alakija said they would need time to respond to the application,insisting they would not oppose the defendant's request to withdraw their application for stay of proceedings.Justice Lawal-Akapo later struck out the application and adjourned the case to March 22 for hearing.More photos below.                                                                                                 

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