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 Assistant nspector General of Police Zone 2,Mr Cornelius Kayode Aderanti has reassured the Ogun State government and the people of the state that the kidnapped children of the Turkish International School,Isheri would soon be rescued.Aderanti gave this assurance,today tuesday when he paid a courtesy call on the Ogun State Governor,Senator Ibikunle Amosun,at his Oke Mosan,Abeokuta office.Mr Aderanti assured that in the shortest possible time,the children would be rescued revealing that men of the police are working round the clock to effect their release.He commended the Governor for his support to the Nigerian police in terms of logistics and other inputs adding that the police would continue to work towards a crime free society.The AIG,Zone 2 used the avenue to laud and commend the developmental projects of the Governor Amosun-led administration,which he said,has dotted the nooks and crannies of the state.In his remarks,the Governor sounded a note of warning to criminals that Ogun State will not be a comfort zone for their nefarious activities.He said the government would not fold it's arms and allow criminally minded people soil the peaceful ambience of the state.To achieve this,Governor Amosun said his administration would continue to collaborate with all security agencies in the state against criminals.
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