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

V.P. OSINBAJO, ABIODUN EULOGIZE LATE PA OSIPITAN.{PHOTOS}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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     The Vice President of Nigeria, Professor Yemi Osinbajo has described late legal luminary and politician, Chief Jonathan Adebayo Osipitan as one of the pillars of the legal profession, who exemplified the values and ethics of the profession until his death.
Professor Osibajo who stated this at the final burial ceremony of Chief Osipitan, at the St. Luke's Anglican Church, Oru-Ijebu, said the deceased love for the law profession and his commitment to integrity, forthrightness and the ethics of the profession was highly commendable.
He appreciated the high values which the late legal luminary established through his law firm, saying that the values left behind has been maintained over the years by younger generations of lawyers, commending the children for sustaining the values.
In his remark, the Ogun State Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun, described late Chief Osipitan as a thorough breed christian whose contributions in the areas of law and politics would stand a test of time.
The Governor noted that occasions like burials, afforded people, including himself an opportunity to know that it was important to live a good life at all times, advising parents to endeavor to leave behind good legacies for their children.
In a message titled " Teach us to number our days", taken from the book of Psalms, Chapter 90, verse 12, the Bishop, Egba West Anglican Communion, Rt. Rev Samuel Ogundeji, charged the Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun not to put his trust in any man, but in God, so as to take the State to the next level.
"My Governor, take your time to select those who will work with you. Please do only those things that will put smile on the faces of the people and the good Lord will support you", he counselled.
The Clergyman who also advised the people to live a righteous life as death was the final destination of man, said it was imperative for all to serve God as the deceased did during his life time, since no man would live forever.More photos below.
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