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

KWARA COURT JAILS GRAPHICS DESIGNER FOR ROMANCE SCAM.(PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE



Kwara Court Jails Graphics Designer for Romance Scam

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction of one Muhammed Awal for presenting and representing himself as a white woman to defraud unsuspecting victims.

Muhammed who hails from Ilorin South Local Government Area of Kwara State was convicted and sentenced to six months imprisonment by Justice Adebayo Yusuf of a Kwara State High Court, Ilorin, having found him guilty of a one count charge levelled against him by the EFCC.

The defendant pleaded guilty to the charge

Following his plea, Mukhtar Mustapha Kaigama who prosecuted the case on behalf of the Commission reviewed the facts of the case through a witness, Chukwuemeka Amadi Idam, an operative of the EFCC. The witness narrated how the defendant was arrested based on intelligence and tendered his Samsung X10 phone, the fraudulent messages printed from his devices as well as his extra-judicial statement which were admitted in evidence.

Kaigama therefore urged the court to consider the plea of the defendant, the extra-judicial statements and all the exhibits tendered and hold that the prosecution has proved its case and convict the defendant as charged.

Delivering judgment, Justice Yusuf held that the court was satisfied with the case of the prosecution and pronounced Muhammed guilty of the allegation levelled against him.

The Judge sentenced the defendant to six months imprisonment with option of fine of N100,000 (One Hundred Thousand Naira Only).

 In addition, the convict will forfeit THE Samsung phone which he used to perpetrate the crime to the Federal Government.


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