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

PROTESTERS STORM EFCC OFFICE TODAY,DEMAND FAYOSE'S PROSECUTION OVER $2.1BN ARMS SCANDAL.{PHOTOS}.

Image may contain: 1 person, standing and outdoor                 Some protesters under the aegis of ''Patriotic Mothers Without Borders'',today Friday,January 20,2017 stormed the EFCC Abuja headquarters calling for the ''arrest,investigation and prosecution'' of Ayo Fayose,governor of Ekiti State,over his involvement in the $2.1 billion arms deal scandal.Chanting ''Fayose must go'',the women numbering about 300 carried various placards and banners with inscriptions like: ''EFCC Must Prosecute Fayose'', ''Corruption is Corruption'',''Fayose is being tormented by the blood of innocent Nigerians slaughtered by Boko Haram''.
Convener of the group,Nnenna Jideofor,accused Fayose of stealing part of funds meant to equip the military in the fight against terrorism.She said: ''The gravity of the crime does not permit that we wait indefinitely for Fayose to leave office; he would have finished spending his share of the loot by then,and he has all the time to destroy evidence''.While presenting its petition to Umar Mohammed,Deputy Director Operations,Abuja,Jideofor expressed discontent at the ruling of Justice Taiwo of the Federal High Court,Ekiti,ordering the EFCC to de-freeze Fayose's Zenith Bank account,that the agency earlier froze having been linked to the arms deal scandal.''As mothers,we beg the EFCC to as a mater of urgency,investigate how much Fayose gave lawmakers of Ekiti State House of Assembly who we believe have lost their souls t an overlord,'' she added.
Responding,Mohammed assured the ''mothers with borders'' that the agency takes all petitions seriously,and that of the women would be given adequate attention.We are not selective in our operations,and every petition received is thoroughly investigated,no matter how highly placed the person is,he said.More photos below.
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