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 TASK FORCE ARRESTS A FAKE JOURNALIST TODAY POSING TO BE WORKING WITH ''TVC''.{READ}.

No automatic alt text available.                       The operatives of the Lagos State Task Force have arrested a man who impersonated a journalist with the TV Continental {TVC},a media outfit located around Magodo Shangisha. Speaking on the arrest,the Chairman of the Agency SP Olayinka Egbeyemi disclosed that the suspect was arrested during an enforcement operation carried out around Maryland and its environs where 67 miscreants and hoodlums were arrested and traders selling goods at unauthorised places were dislodged.The Chairman stated that the suspect,Mr Soji Gboye,36yrs,of 5,Adesoye Street,Mende,who claimed to be a TVC correspondent,was arrested while obstructing the personnel of the Agency from performing their legitimate duty in the area.His claim was debunked when SP Egbeyemi contacted the management of TVC to verify his claim only to be told the individual is unknown to the organisation.Mr Gboye later confessed that he never worked with the media outfit and that he was not a journalist.He said that it is only a ploy he uses anytime he has issues with uniformed men or law enforcement officers and that he had never been doubted for once.SP Egbeyemi enjoined members of the public to always furnish security outfits with useful information on criminal activities to enable law enforcement personnel apprehend criminals and hoodlums across the State.Meanwhile,all the arrested miscreants will be charged to court while the fake journalist has been transferred to State Criminal Investigation Department {CID} Panti Street,Yaba,Lagos.
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