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
Salah Farah,a Muslim teacher in Kenya who protected Christians on a bus after it was attacked by Islamist militants has been posthumously honoured for his bravery.Salah Farah was shot in the attack in north eastern Kenya in December and later died from his bullet wound.The insurgents told the Muslims and Christians to split up but he was among Muslim passengers who refused to do so.President Uhuru Kenyatta said he was awarding the Order of the Grand Warrior to Farah ''for his act of courage''.It is one of the country's top honours and is awarded by the president for exemplary service to the country.Kenyatta made the announcement during his state of the union address in parliament.He said that he was proud that Kenyan had refused to be divided by terrorism.In previous attacks in the area,Somalia based al-Shabaab militants have killed Christians and spared Muslims.The bus was packed with about 60 passengers travelling from the capital,Nairobi,to the town of Mandera when it was forced to stopp on December 20 by gunmen firing shots.Muslim women quickly offered Christian women quickly offered Christian women scarves to cover their heads when they were ordered off the bus near the village of El Wak on the Somali border.Farah,the deputy head of the Mandera township primary school,told Kenya's Daily Nation newspaper that the Muslim passengers had confronted the gunmen.''We asked them to kill all of us or leave us a lone''.Farah said.Altogether three people died at the scene of the incident,including two passengers one of whom had tried to run away.Farah died a month later in the capital,Nairobi,during surgery''.More photos below. 
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