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
According to sources,Policemen of the Area M Command,Idimu have arrested a woman who allegedly sold her four children in Lagos state.The woman sold four out of her five children to different buyers without the knowledge of her husband.A petition by her husband to the Area Command,Assistant Commissioner of Police,ACP Austines Akika,led to the arrest of the woman simply identified as Vicky.Police revealed that the suspect was selling the children one after the other and successfully sold four,leaving out only one.The police said Vicky had lied to her husband that she took the kids to their relation until the husband later discovered she had sold them.According to PM express,her strange commercial activity was exposed after she sold the last child for N400,000 and her husband was tipped by a neighbour.The husband reported to the police and she was arrested and detained at the Command cell.She was said to have already confessed to the police while efforts were already being made to rescue the children and arrest the buyers.It was reported that the woman was able to carry out the illegal sales without her husband's knowledge because the husband,who rented an apartment in Idimu area of Alimosho Local Governmebt Area,works outside Lagos,where he stays during the week and returns home weekend or monthly.The woman is still in detention while the police are carrying out investigations to locate the whereabouts of the children.
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