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

30 YEAR OLD MAN ARRESTED FOR RAPING A 75-YEAR OLD WOMAN IN ANAMBRA STATE. (PHOTO).


 Anambra: 30 Year Old Man Arrested For Raping a 75 year Old Woman


On Saturday, a 30-year-old man Sunday Nwadiagha was taken into custody by the Anambra Police Command. for allegedly raping a 75-year-old woman, ANAMBRA PEOPLE reports.

The suspect, who was from the Eyiba neighborhood of Ebonyi, was apprehended Friday at 4:00 p.m. at the Nkwelle Awkuzu village, according to a statement released by the police on Saturday in Awka.


A preliminary inquiry found that the culprit was caught in the act at the victim’s farm in Nkwelle Awkuzu. According to DSP Tochukwu Ikenga Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) Anambra, who signed the statement,

“The suspect’s arrest followed an alarm raised by the old woman, which attracted the attention of passers-by and neighbours who rushed to the scene and caught the culprit”, he stated.


Ikenga added that before his arrest and handover to the police, an angry mob had already gathered and beaten Nwadiagha to a pulp.


The PPRO, however, said both the victim and the suspect had been taken to the hospital for medical attention.


According to the spokesman, the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Echeng Echeng, has reiterated the command’s campaign against mob action by members of the public, who always take the laws into their hands by administering jungle justice on suspected criminals.


“The public should endeavour to take such suspects to the nearest police station whenever they are apprehended.


“This would afford the police the opportunity to conduct appropriate investigations into the nefarious activities of suspects; and bring them to justice in accordance with extant laws,” Ikenga stated.

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