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

KIDNAPPED WIFE OF OGBONI LEADER RETURNS, SAYS DEAD HUSBAND RESCUED HER FROM FOREST. (PHOTO).


 Kidnapped Wife Of Ogboni Leader Returns, Says Dead Husband Rescued Her From Forest



One of the kidnapped wives of the Ogboni Aborigines leader abducted has regained freedom. She explained that her late husband appeared to her in the forest to rescue her.


Kidnappers had early hours on Monday raided the Imesi-Ile residents of Oba Ogboni Agbaye, Abdullahi Olakisan while he was away in Osogbo, abducting his two wives.


Olakisan while returning from a search mission for his wives along with a policeman and another woman was involved in an accident and three of them died.


Speaking with newsmen after the woman was found, a relative of the deceased and Coordinator, Kiriji Heritage Defenders, Dr Ademola Ekundayo disclosed that the wife escaped from the kidnapper’s den early hours on Tuesday. According to him, the woman was found along Ikoro-Ekiti in Ekiti state after wandering in the forest through the night.


He added that the victim told him, that her late husband, whom she was not aware of his demise, came to her in the forest and helped her escape. His words; “Her husband, according to her narration, appeared in the forest and instructed her to stand up and directed her path through the forest until she came to an express road.


“He told her to proceed to the road and seek help from passers-by and they will both meet at home. Some people later called us at Imesi- Ile to confirm whether she was indeed kidnapped, hence, we went there to bring her home.


“Unfortunately when she got home and discovered her husband was dead, she was devastated and fainted. Till now she was unable to tell us about the whereabouts of the second wife. “However, security operatives and Kiriji Heritage Defenders’ corps have also joined the search party for the woman”. 

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