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

OSHODI/ISOLO, AGEGE LG BY-ELECTIONS SCHEDULED FOR MARCH 24.

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      The Lagos State Independent Electoral Commission (LASIEC) has scheduled the conduct of Councillorship by-elections into Ward B (Ogunoloko) and Ward B (Dopemu) in Oshodi-Isolo and Agege Local Governments of the State respectively for Saturday, 24th March 2018.
The by-election timetable released by the Commission indicates that political parties are expected to collect Nomination forms on behalf of their candidates between Monday, 5th and Wednesday 7th March 2018 while the forms are to be submitted to the Commission not later than Tuesday, 13th  March 2018.
The register of voters would be displayed at the Ward Collation Centres of the affected Wards on Friday, 9th March 2018 while the list of validated candidates for the elections would be released by the Commission on Wednesday, 21st March 2018.
The Chairman of the Commission, Hon. Justice Ayotunde Phillips has, therefore, enjoined leaders of political parties and other stakeholders in the State to cooperate with the Commission to guarantee a peaceful electoral process devoid of violence, pledging that the Commission would, on its part, ensure that the elections are free, fair and credible.Justice Phillips also urged eligible voters in the affected Wards to obtain their voter’s cards which would enable them to participate in the election exercise to vote for candidates of their choice on election day.She also disclosed that the Commission would convene meetings of stakeholders in the two Wards to discuss issues that will guarantee the peaceful and successful conduct of the by-elections.The conduct of the by-elections in the two Wards is necessitated by the death of the occupants of the two Councillorship seats in the affected Local Governments.
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