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 MAN BAGS 14 YEARS IMPRISONMENT FOR LAND SCAM IN KANO.{PHOTO}

                 Justice Fatu Riman of the Federal High Court Kano,has convicted one Bashir Musa of Hotoro Dan Marke Quarters of Kano City on two counts of impersonation and obtaining and obtaing money by false pretence.The convict was arrested by Operatives of the EFCC on Auugust 27,2012 following a petition by one Shetima Yusuf of Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital {AKTH} Quarters,Kano.The complainant alleged that the convict had offered to sell to him,four plots of land which he claimed belonged to his father,Alhaji Musa Usman.Upon agreement,Shartima raised a First Bank Cheque of N600,000.00 and FCMB Cheque of N300,000,00 both dated 30th June,2012 in favour of the convict,and promised to pay the balance of N600,000,00 in seven days.But to his dismay,the convict,Bashir Musa,informed him that the land had been sold by his father,but promised to give him another land.He later showed him another plot of land at Mariri Quarters for N2,000,000.00,for which the complainant paid an additional N1,000,000, only to be told later that the land belongs to another person.He was however given an option of the fine of N350,000 on each count.                                              

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