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

EFCC ARRAIGNS BANKER FOR N50.4M FRAUD TODAY AT IGBOSERE.{PHOTO}


       The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, November 14, 2017, arraigned one Adebayo Ogunnusi and his company, TQM Infrastructure Limited, before Justice Sybil Nwaka of the Lagos High Court sitting in Igbosere, Lagos on one-count charge bordering on obtaining money under false pretence to the tune of N50, 400,000.00( Fifty Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira).
The offence is contrary to Section 1(1) (a) and 1 (3) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act No. 14 of 2006.The complainant, Kehinde Agbabiaka, alleged that he approached the suspect, who presented himself as Head, Small and Medium Enterprise desk of a new generation bank, to source for the sum of $ 160,000 ( One Hundred and Sixty Thousand Dollars), which he needed to import goods from China within a week.Agbabiaka further alleged that he transferred the money in installments of N47, 250,000.00 on August 22, 2016 and N3,150,000.00 on August 26, 2016 respectively to the GT Bank account number 0001058690 of the suspect.The suspect, however, allegedly reneged on the agreement and also became elusive after receiving the money.The suspect pleaded not guilty when the charge was read to him.In view of his plea, the prosecution counsel, Mustapha Aliyu, asked the court for a trial date and prayed that the suspect be remanded in prison custody.The defence counsel, however, pleaded with the court to grant his client bail.Consequently, Justice Nwaka ordered the suspect to be remanded in Ikoyi Prisons.The case was adjourned to November 15, 2017 for consideration of bail application.

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