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
According to sources,the Lagoss District of the Nigeria Railway Corporation {NRC} today monday said it had arrested no fewer than 100miscreants fond off riding on the rooftops of its Mass Transit Shuttle Trains in Lagos and Ogun state.The NRC District Manager in Lagos Mr Jerry Oche,disclosed this while addressing newsmen in Lagos.He said that the hoodlums were arrested by a combined team of the Railway Police,the Lagos State Police Command,the NRC Task Force and Man-O-War personnel.Oche said that the miscreants had constituted a nuisance to the corporation's mass transit shuttle service in Lagos and Ogun States,causing harm and injuries to innocent passengers.According to him,the miscreantt last tuesday caused mayhem at the Agege station and the development led to reprisal attacks from the people,which affected the operations of the corporations.''We want to first apologise to our customers.November 1,was tough for us due to the nefarious activities of the miscreants.The hoodlums attacked and destroyed some of our facilities.Ikeja station was seriously damaged,same at the Agege station and our police station.This morning,we decided to embark on a raid and we arrested about 100 hoodlums,riding on the rooftop of moving train at the Iju station.These people enter the trains with matchets,stones,sticks,knives and other harmful objects.These hoodlums sell drugs and do a lot of criminal activities.We cant't fold our hands to allow this to go on'' he said.Oche said that a baby,backed by her mother,was stoned in the process and died in one of the attacks that led to the suspension of our services at Agege and Ikeja.According to him,the death of the baby angered residents of Agege,who staged another round of attacks on the rooftop riders.He said that the Safety and security of passengers is paramount to the corporation and his had made the NRC redesign the windows of the trains.Oche,who said that the raids would be a continuous process,added that the corporation would increase its police posts and the security personnel,to ensure the safety of all passengers and NRC personnel on the trains.One more photo below.
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