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

F.H.C IN LAGOS HAS ORDERED AN INTERIM FORFEITURE OF THE FUNDS THEY FOUND YESTERDAY AT IKOYI TO FEDERAL GOVERNMENT TODAY.{PHOTOS}.

Image may contain: one or more people                Barely 24 hours after the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC,uncovered the sums of $43,449,947, 27,800 Pounds and N23,218,00 at an apartment in the Ikoyi area of Lagos,a Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered an interim forfeiture of the funds to the Federal Government.In his ruling today thursday,April 13,2017,Justice Muslim Hassan ordered anyone interested in the money to appear before him at the next adjourned date to show reason why the money should not be permanently forfeited to the Federal Government.The commission was also directed to publish in any National Daily for anyone to show cause within 14 days why the order of final forfeiture should not be granted.The Interim Forfeiture was obtained pursuant to Section 17 of the Advance Fee Fraud and other related offences Act 2006.Operatives of the Commission had,on wednesday,April 12,2017,stormed a residential building on the seventh floor of a four-bedroom apartment on Osborne Towers located on 16,Osborne Road,Ikoyi,Lagos,where the large sums of money was uncovered.The operation followed a whistle-blower confidential alert received by the Commission office in Lagos in the early hours of yesterday.The case was adjourned to May 5,2017.More photos below.
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