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
The South South Zonal Head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC Ishaq Salilu,yesterday wednesday January 18,2017 called for an enhanced collaboration between the EFCC and the Nigeria Immigration Services,NIS,in checking the menace of criminals and fraudsters in the country.Salihu made this remark when he received the Comptroller of Immigration,Rivers State,A,B.Yarima who paid him a courtesy visit in his office.''We pray for a deepened collaboration.We are very ready to partner with you'' he said.According to Salihu,the Nigeria Immigration Service is such a critical organization in the country that an enhanced collaboration will enable the Commission track fraudsters who despite having their international passports seized by the Commission are still able to sneak out of the country through other means.''How they disappear remains a mystery to us,'' he said.Earlier A.B Yarima,said he had visited other sister agencies and felt it was imperative that he visits the EFCC.He said there was need for a synergy between the Commission and the NIS to rid the society of crimes.''We are ready and willing to continue the existing relationship between NIS and the EFCC,'' he said.The Rivers State Comptroller was accompanied by other top officers of NIS including GB Dilosi,S.E.Legglack,both Deputy Comptroler,K.A. Saqiq,Assistant Comptroller,and a hosts of others.More photos below.
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