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

ABOUT 15 PEOPLE WERE ARRESTED YESTERDAY IN OJOTA,FOR VIOLATING THE STATE ENVIRONMENTAL LAW.

               The Lagos State Environmental Sanitation and Special Offenses Uni {Task Force} has arresed 10 people for violating the State Environmental Law and impounded five motorcycles for plying restricted routes at Ojoa.In a statement issued by the Office of the ask Force,its operatives carried out an enforcement exercise today at Ogudu and Ojota,imploring members of the public to use pedestrian bridges instead of crossing the roads and highways thereby causing traffic obstructions and endangering their lives.It noted that the operation,which was tagged operation ''Use Pedestrian Bridges on Highways across Lagos'' is meant to educate and enlighten members of the public on the dangers inherent in crossing highways across the state.The statement emphasized that enforcing the environmental law on people crossing highways across the state is to sanitize the environment by reducing the rate of accident and allow free flow of traffic on the roads.It also warned the general public that the state government,through the Task Force,would continue to arrest and penalize anyone that flagrantly disobeys the environmental law which prohibits the crossing of highways where pedestrian bridges were provided.More photos below.                                                                                 

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