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
The First Lady of Lagos State,Mrs Bolanle Amboode has commended the Sole Administrator of Apapa-Iganmu LCDA,Mr Oluumide Olayomi for initiating a three-day free cardiovascular health mission for residents of the Council area.Mrs Ambode,who spoke at the opening ceremony of the free health mission organized in partnership with cardiologists from the United States of America,said the gesture of the council boss would further boost the efforts of the State government in improving the welfare and wellbeing of the good people of the State.She maintained that the premium placed on healthy living for all Lagosians informed the improved attention being placed on the medical needs of residents of the State in recent times by the State Governor,Mr Akinwunmi Ambode.She said ''The Lagos State Government realizes that Lagosians state of health will directly determine the scope and extent of their productivity either as a government employee or as an entrepreneur.The Lagos State Government realizes this and has always placed premium on quality health service in the State.The government's attention to the medical needs of its workforce and residents in the State is evident in the continuous improvement in the state in general''.Speaking earlier,the council boss,Olumide Olayomi said that the needs assessment carried out by him when he assumed office made him engage people with similar human interest to provide assistance on health matters to the residents of the local government,which is also in line with the charge given to all the LGA/LCDA Administrators by Governor Ambode to make changes in their respective localities.He described the opportunity made available to the residents through the screening exercise as a rare privilege,adding that the cost of cardiology consultants in the United States is in thousands of dollars excluding other travelling expenses that a potential patient will incur to access same consultancy.More photos below.
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