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

IGP TAKES ANTI-CORRUPTION WAR TO THE DOORSTEPS OF CIVIL,PUBLIC SERVANTS.{PHOTO}.

                                                                   The months ahead,will definitely be rough for civil and public servants who have corrupt tendencies at both the federal,state and local government levels.This is even as the Inspector General of Police {IGP},Ibrahim Idris,has merged the X-Squad unit with the Complaint Respond Unit {CRU} of the force and em-powered them to search for,and get corrupt civil and public servants arrested.It would be recalled that the IGP during his inaugural speech did not hide his deep hate for corruption.He therefore vowed to put the necessary machineries in place to get both the men and officers of the Force and public/civil servants who are corrupt arrested and ensure they are dealt with in accordance with the law.The merging of the X-Squad and the CRU is the first step in that direction.Speaking in an exclusive interview with the AUTHORITY in Abuja,the Officer in Charge of the CRU,Abayomi Shogunle,an Assistant Commissioner of Police {ACP},disclosed that plans have been concluded for the unit to start hunting for public and civil servants who have the penchant of carting away re-sources meant for the public.''Since the IGP,Ibrahim Idris,has approved that the X-Squad should be part of the responding agents of CRU,then we should be ready to see recoveries of looted funds and apprehension of public and civil servants who abuse their office.Just as we have seen the recovery of 2.75 million naira from an Assistant Commissioner of Police {ACP},such recoveries will not be limited to the Nigeria Police Force alone; it will bee extended to public servants at the federal,state and local government levels,'' he disclosed.

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