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
Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa,the Senior Special Assistant {SSA} to the President on Foreign Affairs and Diaspora,is appalled yesterday sunday that in spite of the mistreatment and killings of blacks,Nigerian migrants still use Libya.She said yesterday that ''I hereby appeal again to Nigerian migrants to avoid Libya as penalty for illegal migration to Libya,when caught,is usually a death sentence''.She referred to a trending video,which though had not been authenticated,showing pictures purported killing of black immigrants in Libya.She further said ''While the authenticity of the pictures and tapes in question cannot be verified,it is a known fact that Libya has been executing alleged black illegal immigrants for years.As the Chairman Committee on Diaspora in the House of Representatives in the Seventh Assembly,we intervened in the case of 24 Nigerians about to be killed in Libya.The Committee,in collaboration with SERAP,an NGO,petitioned the UN,AU,ECOWAS,and Ghadaffi yielded to pressure and released them.The Nigerian embassy in Libya,working with NEMA has relentlessly intervened in trouble in Libya and will continue to do so''.She said that Liyans were dealing with their own struggles as there was no recognised government in place,Nigerians,she warned,should avoid Libya-NAN.
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