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

2 PEOPLE WERE MISTAKENLY HIT BY A BULLET FROM A GUN AT THE LAGOS INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT,TODAY.

                   Today friday,two persons were injured at the General Aviation Terminal of the Murtala Muhammed Airport,Lagos when the gun carried by a man identified as an orderly to a senator accidentally discharged on him and a woman as he tried to remove the magazine.The orderly who was to travel on Arik Air and wanted to lodge his gun,which is a standard practice on air travel,but the gun released a bullet that splinted and hit both the man and woman on the leg as he bent down to pull the magazine out of the gun.According to The Nation,the two people were taken to hospital at the airport.Source hinted that they trekked out of the terminal to the vehicle that took them to the hospital.The General Manager,Public Affairs of FAAN,Mr. Yakubu Dati,who confirmed the incident,said what happened is an accident and added that stowing the gun away with its magazine is standard procedure.He said guns are not taken on-board aircraft as standard aviation practice.They are usually checked in the luggage compartment.Dati assured air travellers that all the airports are safe and secure and recognition of the security challenges in the country and in the world,security at the nation's airport has been fortified.One more photo below.                                                                              

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