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 Sambisa forest,beginning from next year,will serve as traning ground for personnel of the Nigerian Army,Lt-Gen Tukur Buratai,the Chief of Army Staff,has announced in Damasak.Buratai was in Damasak to celebrate the Christmas with troops of the One hundred and Forty Five Battalion after the road leading to the twon was reopened by Governor Kashim Shettima,three years after closure.The army chief said that troops were already conducting a mop up operation in the forest after the last strong hold of the Boko Haram terrorists was captured.''We are also opening up roads to the forest-Sambisa,as well as Alagarno forest.This Sambisa forest is going to be one of our training grounds.Next year,I have already directed that we should conduct our Nigerian Army small arms championship in that forest.And we are going to use it also to test fire fighting vehicles,as well as other key equipment and weapons that requires testing firing whenever we want to induct new weapon and equipment into the Nigerian army inventory.It will afford us very good ground for basics tactics and indeed advance tactics,including but not limited to tactics at the Platoon,company,battalion,Brigade andd even division levels.We are going to make it more robust to make sure that these criminals do not come back to that forest again.
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