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
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EFCC ARRAIGNS TWO FOR N19M FRAUD IN MAIDUGURI.(PHOTOS).#PRESS RELEASE.

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EFCC Arraigns Two for N19m Fraud in Maiduguri

The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, June 22, 2023, arraigned one Alhaji Usman Bukar (aka Alhaji Jidda Abuna) before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court, Maiduguri on a one count charge of obtaining money by false pretence to the tune of N9, 000,000.00 (Nine Million Naira).

The charge reads: "That you, Alhaji Usman Bukar (aka Alhaji Jidda Abuna), sometime in July, 2022 at Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, with intent to defraud obtained the gross sum of N9, 000,000.00 (Nine Million Naira) only, from Alhaji Bukar Kime under the guise that the said sum represent payment for the purchase price of a plot of land laying and situate at Jere Local Government Area with a customary Certificate of Occupancy Reg. No. 0005538 and which you knew to be false and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 1 (1) of the Advance Fee Fraud and Other Fraud Related Offences Act and Punishable under Section 3 the same Act”.

The defendant pleaded 'not guilty' to the charge.

Counsel for the prosecution, S.O Saka prayed to the court for a trial date and to remand the defendant in prison custody.

Justice Kumaliya adjourned the matter till July 24 and 25, 2023 for trial and ordered the remand of the defendant at Maiduguri Correctional Centre.

In another development, One Yachem Mathias Ngaro was also arraigned before Justice Aisha Kumaliya on a two-count charge for criminal breach of trust to the tune of N10, 000,000.00 (Ten Million Naira).

The charge reads: "That you Yachem Mathias Ngaro on or about 8 February, 2022 at Maiduguri, Borno State within the jurisdiction of this Honourable Court, being entrusted with the sum of N10, 000,000.00 (Ten Million Naira) only by Simon Dauda Waba for the execution of a contract with Médecins Du Monde a Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) committed criminal breach of trust, an offence contrary to section 311 of the Penal Code Law Cap. 102 Laws of Borno State of Nigeria and punishable under Section 312 of the same Law”.

The defendant pleaded 'not guilty to the charge preferred against him. 

Counsel for the prosecution, S. O Saka asked the court for a trial date to prove the cash against the defendant.

Justice Kumaliya however adjourned till July 24 and 25, 2023 for trial and remanded the defendant in Maiduguri Correctional Centre. 


 

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