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

MADAGASCAR MINISTER SWIMS 12 HOUR TO SHORE AFTER AFTER HELICOPTER CRASH TODAY.[PHOTO].


Madagascan minister Serge Gelle, 57 years, is seen resting weary on a deck chair, still dressed in his camouflage suit, in a video uploaded on social media.

“My time to die hasn’t come yet,” the general says, adding that he is cold but unhurt.
 Gelle had used one of the helicopter’s seats as a flotation device, according to Zafisambatra Ravoavy, another police general. 

 “He has always had great stamina in sport, and he’s kept up this rhythm as a minister, just like a thirty-year-old. He has nerves of steel.” he said     After three decades in the police force, Gelle was promoted to minister as part of a government reshuffle in August. 

 Authorities say the minister was one of two survivors who swam 12 hours to shore after their chopper crashed off the island’s northeastern coast on Tuesday.

Police and port authorities said they were still looking for two more passengers after the disaster on Monday, the reason of which was not immediately known.

According to port authority chief Jean-Edmond Randrianantenaina, Serge Gelle, the country’s secretary of state for police, and a colleague policeman arrived in the beach town of Mahambo separately on Tuesday morning, reportedly after ejecting themselves from the plane.

  On Monday morning, the chopper took him and the others to see the location of a shipwreck off the northeastern shore. 

 According to the most recent official toll released on Tuesday, at least 21 people have died and approximately 60 have gone missing as a result of the calamity.

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