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
Justice O.A Adeniyi of the FCT High Court sitting in Apo,Abuja today tuesday,June 20,2017 convicted and sentenced one Micheal Ogun {a.k.a Idris Sulieman,Ibrahim Bello} to 27months imprisonment on a six-count charge of forgery and obtaining by false pretence brought against him by the Econnomic and Financial Crimes Commission,EFCC.Ogun,allegedly poses as an officer of the Nigeria Customs Service,NCS and Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps,NSCDC,and in that assumed capacity defrauding innocent Nigerians of their hard eearned money under the guise of securing them job in the two agencies.The job scam was reported to the EFCC by one Angela Chinwe Okeke after being duped by the defendant.In the course of thr trial,Ogun changed his plea following a plea bargain agreement.At the resumed sitting today,Justice Adeniyi asked the defendant to carefully study the plea bargain agreement.At the resumed sitting today,Justice Adeniyi asked the defendant to carefully study the plea bargain arrangement and confirm if he fully understood the terms and conditions contained therein noting that,the matter was adjourned for conviction and conclusion of the trial,following chilling evidences tendered against him by the prosecution.Responding,Ogun's counsel,Samuel Zibiri,SAN,stated that the defendant has pleaded guilty to all counts.Referring to paragraph three of the plea bargain,Zibiri urged the court to look at the option of fine adding that the defendant is a young married man with a wife and two infants alongside his aged parents.He further stated that Ogun will restitute all his victims with veritable claims and proof of monies paid.Justice Adeniyi,after a careful perusal of the plea bargain terms ruled out the option of fine holding that,''the plea bargain was an afterthought coming in at the dying minute after the prosecution has proved its case beyond every reasonable doubt''.The judge,thereafter,found the defendant guilty and sentenced him to three months each on counts one to five without an option of fine and one year on count six.Additionally,the convict is to refund the money fraudulently collected from all his clients.More photos below.
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