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 MAN FOR N300M FRAUD.{PHOTO}.

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       The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on Monday, February 19, 2017, arraigned one Chukwuemeka Ekwunife and his company, Structured Energy Limited, before Justice Serifat Solebo sitting at the State High Court, Ikeja, Lagos.
Ekwunife was arraigned on an eight-count charge bordering on stealing and fraudulent conversion to the tune of N300,000,000 (Three Hundred Million Naira).The suspect was arrested following a petition received from a complainant, Nepal Oil and Gas Limited.The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge preferred against him.In view of his plea, the prosecution counsel, G.C. Akaogu, asked the court for a trial date and also prayed the court to remand the defendant in prison custody.Counsel to the defendant urged the court to grant his client bail.Consequently, Justice Solebo adjourned the case to February 26, 2018, for hearing of the bail application and commencement of trial.The judge also ordered the defendant to be remanded in Kirikiri Prison pending the determination of the bail application.
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