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
The KAI Marshal General,Mr Jimoh Amusat has condemned the attack on members of the Kick Against Indiscipline,the law enforcement unit of the Lagos State Ministry of Environment,who were attacked and wounded yesterday friday while clamping down on illegal traders at Ile-Epo market,in Agbado Oke-Odo Local Council Development Area of the state.The Marshall maintained that such attacks by these hoodlums,posing as illegal traders,will not deter the Agency from carrying out its statutory responsibilities,reaffirming that the state government would not relent in its efforts to step up enforcement to combat non-compliance with the State Environmental Law.Jimoh stated that the Operation/Enforcement was embarked upon following the expiration of the seven days ultimatum issued to illegal traders during a monitoring tour of the market by the Commissioner for the Environment,Dr Babatunde Adejare to vacate the places.He explained that their illegal activities had turned the road side and the parking spaces in the area into unauthorized market places despite series of advocacy/enlightenment programme on the danger it posed to the free flow of vehicles along that axis.''During the operation,which lasted for almost two hours,the illegal traders re-grouped and reinforced to attack KAI operatives,demanding that their members that were arrested with wares must be released to them unconditionally.One of the KAI operative,who was seriously wounded during the attack,had been taken to Orile Agege General Hospital for medical attention,while others that sustained minor injuries were brought to the KAI medical bay for treatment''.He noted also that some of the operational vehicles of the Lagos State Ministry of the Environment and KAI Brigade were damaged to an extent that the entire workforce on the enforcement trip had to retreat for safety following the hijacking of the whole exercise by the hoodlums.Those that were arrested have been handed over to the Task Force officials as their Head office at Alausa,Ikeja for prosecution.The enforcement team was led by the Special Assistant to the Governor on Environment Hon.Babatunde Hunpe and other KAI Brigade officials including the Deputy KAI Marshal.More photos below. 
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