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

ON THURSDAY EFCC WILL FLAG OFF THE NIGERIAN WOMEN AGAINST CORRUPTION LED BY AISHA BUHARI.{PHOTOS}

        The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC,will on Thursday ,December 7 flag off the Nigerian Women Against Corruption,WAC,project at the International Conference Centre,Abuja with the aim of engaging women across the country in a nationwide sustainable fight against corruption.According to the Acting Chairman of the EFCC,Ibrahim Magu,the epoch-making event,which is in collaboration with the office of the wife of the President would be flagged off by Her Excellency Hajia Aisha Muhammadu Buhari beginning at nine o'clock in the morning.''The choice of women is strategic,because we belive that they are torch-bearers in the anti-corruption crusade,and it is because of the important role they play in making the society a better place'', Magu said.He further added that: ''The WAC project is aimed at galvanizing Nigerian women to buy into the corruption fight and also to raise the consciousness of the consequences of corruption in the minds of their households''.The WAC programme,which is coming up two days before the twenty sixteen International Anti-Corruption Day celebration,has Justice Aloma Mariam Mukhtar {retd},Nigeria's first female Chief Justice of Nigeria as the guest speaker.The project will further be taken to the grassroots through the states and local governments across the country.More photos below.

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