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

OIL THEFT: NAVY HANDS OVER VESSEL AND CREW TO EFCC.{PHOTOS}.#PRESS RELEASE.

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     The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, today, January 22, 2020 handed over to the EFCC, MV GRATITUDE, a bunkered vessel and its crew of six for further investigation and prosecution. The suspects were intercepted on January 9, 2020, by the Nigerian Navy.
Thé six member crew are: Victor Ita (captain), Rotimi Poroye, Henry Edet Bassey, Rahpael Adewale, Godswill Iko and Jonah Achieve.
The Commanding Officer, Forward Operating Base, Commodore Suleiman Ibrahim, while handing over the vessel and crew disclosed that that the ship was laden with 1,000,000 liters of locally refined Automotive Gas Oil. They were arrested at the Brass inshore water anchorage.
He assured of the Navy's determination to clear the waterways of illegal oil bunkering and sea pirates for legitimate business operators to thrive.
Tasiu Abubakar, a Superintendent of Police who received the vessel and crew members on behalf of the EFCC, promised diligent investigation of the alleged crime.More photos below.
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