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

A MAN BAGS TWO YEARS JAIL TERM FOR N10.7MILLION FRAUD.{PHOTO}.

Image may contain: 1 person, close-up                                                Justice A.I. Ekwo of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar,Cross Rivers State has convicted and sentenced one Patrick Egbe Ekpolo to two years imprisonment.The convict who was ordered by the judge to restitute the entire sum N107 million to the victims however gave the convict an option of One Hundred Thousand Naira fine in lieu of the sentence.
The convict was first arraigned sometimes in August,2015 by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC,on a three-count charge bordering on issuance of dud cheque.He later changed his plea from not guilty to guilty on an amended oone count charge bordering on issuance off dud cheque to the tune of N10,700,000.00 {Ten Million,Seven Hundred Thousand Naira}.
The charge reads: ''that you Patrick Egbe Ekpolo on or about the 27th day of June,2014,at Calabar with the Jurisdiction of this honourable Court with intent to defraud did obtain the sum of Four Million,Two Hundred Thousand Naira only {4,200,000.00} only from Ikuroye Magnus and Nonso Ndefo on one hand snd Six Million,Five Hundred Thousand Naira only {N6,500,000.00} from Uzochukwu Amaukwu under the pretence that a contract was awarded to you and the monies will be used for the purpose of buying and supplying Automotive Gas Oil {AGO} to Unicement in Calabar,a pretext you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 1{1}{a} of the Advance Fee Fraud and other Fraud Related Offences Act 2006 and punishable under section 1{3} of the same Act.
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