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

STAFF OF AuGF's OFFICE'S CONVICTED FOR EMPLOYMENT SCAM IN SOKOTO.(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE.


Staff of AuGF’s Office’s convicted for Employment Scam in Sokoto

Justice Mohammed Mohammed of the Sokoto State High Court has convicted and sentenced Abdullahi Paiko Aliyu , who claims to be a staff of the Office of the Auditor General of the Federation, to 7 years imprisonment on a two count charge bordering on obtaining by false pretences to the tune of over N14 Million.

He was convicted after he pleaded guilty to the charges preferred against him by the EFCC. Before he met his waterloo, Paiko had defrauded unsuspecting members of the public under the guise of securing them employments in Federal Agencies, including the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS; National Deposit Insurance Corporation, NDIC; Nigerian Maritime and Safety Agency, NIMASA, and the National Information Technology Development Agency NITDA..

Justice Mohammed also ordered the convict to make full restitution of the said amount (N14, 300, 000) to his victims through the EFCC.


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