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

COURT CONVICTS MAN FOR IMPERSONATIN NITDA OFFICIALS IN GOMBE.{PHOTO}.#PRESS RELEASE..

Justice J.Awak of the Gombe State High Court, Gombe on August 2, 2021 convicted and sentenced one Ahmed Mohammed Mu'azu to three months imprisonment on one-count charge of attempt to impersonate officials of National Information Technology Development Agency (NITDA).


The offence is contrary to Section 95 and Punishable under the same Section of Penal Code Law.


The defendant  sometime in 2019, under the guise of empowering the youths through a  Non-Governmental Organization, '' Youth Empowerment Capacity Building Organization of Nigeria'', Gombe branch promised unsuspecting members of the public training opportunities at NITDA, charging  N1,000 (One Thousand Naira) per participant.


Unfortunately, before he could execute his nefarious scheme, operatives of the Commission, arrested him in a sting operation facilitated through credible intelligence.

He pleaded guilty to the charge upon arraignment and was subsequently convicted and sentenced to three months imprisonment. The judge, however, gave him an option of fine of N10, 000.00 (Ten Thousand Naira).

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