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 FEDERAL HIGH COURT JUDGE,HAS RETURNED THE CORRUPTION CASE FILE OF A FORMER GOVERNOR OF BENUE STATE.{PHOTOS].

                   The Chief Judge of the Federal High Court,Justice Ibrahim Auta,has returned the corruption case file of a former governor of Benue State,Gabriel Suswam,to Justice A.R. Mohammed and ordered him to continue presiding over the case.Suswam is being prosecuted by the EFCC,along with his Commissioner of Finance,Okolobia Okpanachi,o a nine-count charge bordering on conspiracy,abuse of office and diversion of state funds to the tune of N3.1 billion.It would be recalled that Justice Mohammed had on June 6,2026 handed off the case,and informed the court of his decision to return the case file to the Chief Judge for reassignment.He had cited a May 27,2016 report published on an online news medium SaharaReporters,in which it was alleged that Suswam ''entered into a financial agreement'' with him in order to grant the former Benue State governor ''a soft landing in the case''.One more photo below.                                                                                                           

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