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

FORMER CHIEF ACCOUNTANT OF BAUCHI PILGRIMS BOARD BAG 7 YEARS FOR N73.7M FRAUD.(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE.


Former Chief Accountant of Bauchi Pilgrims Board Bag 7 Years for N73.7m Fraud

A former chief accountant of Bauchi State Muslim Pilgrims Welfare Board, Kawu Chindo and a support staff from the State Accountant General’s office, Ali Baba, were on February 16, 2022, sentenced seven years, three months imprisonment by Justice Mu'azu Abubakar of the High Court of Bauchi State on a five count charge of conspiracy and obtaining by false pretences brought against them by the Gombe Zonal Command of EFCC.

The duo were accused by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development of issuing fake tellers and receipts as evidence of payment to intending pilgrims to the 2019 Hajj. They were further accused of not remitting the total sum of N73, 715,286.62 (Seventy Three Million, Seven Hundred and Fifteen Thousand, Two Hundred and Eighty Six Naira, Sixty Two Kobo) into the board's account. 
 

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