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 PETROL TANKER CRASHED KILLING ABOUT 6 PEOPLE YESTERDAY ALONG UYO-CALABAR HIGHWAY.{PHOTO}.


                    According to PM News,at least six persons were feared dead in a petrol tanker crash which occurred at Kilometre 8,Obong Itam,along Uyo-Calabar highway around 8:30 pm yesterday monday.It was learnt that the driver,in a hurry to escape police arrest,sped off and crashed into the pavement along the highway.The News Agency of Nigeria {NAN} learnt that a tricycle was trapped and the passengers in the tricycle died in the inferno.According to an eye witness,Mr Cyril Ekpenyong from Obong Itam,the tricycle rider,was taken to a hospital,but died thereafter.Ekpenyong said that the driver refused to stop when the police flagged the truck to stop,but the police did not pursue the vehicle.He said that the thinking of truck driver was that the police team was pursuing him as he had poor lighting even at the rear.''We saw the truck as thee police were trying to flag it down because it was driving with one headlamp which was not even bright.The driver did not mind the police as he veered to the right of the policemen to escape''.

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