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

YOBE LGA AUDITOR GENERAL FORFEITS PROPERTIES TO GOVERNMENT. (PHOTOS).#PRESS RELEASE.


Yobe LGA Auditor General Forfeits Properties to Government

Justice Fadima Murtala Aminu of the Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, Yobe State has ordered the interim forfeiture of eleven  landed properties,  in Damaturu metropolis,  belonging to  Alhaji Idris Yahaya,  the Auditor General of all the  Local Government Areas, LGAs,  of Yobe State.

She gave the order  on Wednesday, September 21, 2022,  following an ex parte application filed by the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, seeking an interim forfeiture of the properties.

EFCC counsel, Mukhtar Ali Ahmed,  told the court that Yahaya  had some landed properties suspected to be proceeds of crime, owing to  an alleged criminal diversion of public funds, abuse of office and money laundering reported to the Commission.

A petitioner alleged that the suspect enriched himself by putting ghost workers into the payroll of LGAs in Yobe State  and acquired  landed properties from the proceeds of the crime.

“Investigation by the EFCC showed that the suspect  diverted huge sums of money from the coffers of Yobe LGAs and illegally acquired  the following properties:

Farsawa Plaza opposite First Bank of Nigeria Limited,  along Gashua road, Damaturu,  a mega plaza opposite Central Bank of Nigeria complex,  situated along Gujba Road, Damaturu.  Others are: 20 units of  self-contained,   four  units of single rooms self-contained and two units of rooms and parlor self-contained apartments,   situated opposite the Central Bank of Nigeria Complex,   along Gujba road,   Damaturu.

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