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

LAGOS STATE ARRESTED WOMEN USING SMALL CHILDREN TO BEG FOR ALMS AT IYANA-IPAJA ROUNDABOUT.{PHOTO}.

                                                  Lagos State Government has reiterated its commitment to continue to protect the dignity of children in Lagos as a signatory to the Child Rights Act just as it strives to rid the state of beggars in pursuance of its zero tolerance policy on street begging.The Permanent Secretary,Ministry of Youth & Social Development,Mr Hakeem Muri-Okunola disclosed this on wednesday while parading arrested women using small children to beg for alms at Iyana-Ipaja roundabout.He said the culprits,comprising four women with infants,were apprehended while soliciting for alms during routine operation by the Ministry's rescue team at Iyana Ipaja,stressing that it has not been established if the beggars are the biological parents of the children.According to him ''It is very sad that most of the beggars are not the biological parents of the children they use for begging and it's our responsibility as government to protect the dignity of children being used to beg for alms which is a punishable offence under the law of the land''.Muri-Okunola maintained that the State Government will continue to rid Lagos streets of beggars because some of them have also been caught aiding and abetting criminals in perpetuating their heinous acts like kidnapping and robbery among others.While warning that the present administration is determined to prosecute offenders contravening the State's Environmental Law through street begging,Hakeem implored Lagosians to cooperate and support the government in eradicating this menace in the State.

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