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

LACK OF 25% IN ABUJA FCT DISQUALIFIES TINUBU AND ATIKU FROM BECOMING PRESIDENT- PDP WITNESS TELLS COURT.(PHOTO).


Lack Of 25% In Abuja FCT Disqualifies Tinubu And Atiku From Becoming President – PDP Witness Tells Court

A witness of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its presidential candidate, Atiku Abubakar, has testified in court that both the party’s candidate and President Bola Tinubu of the All Progressives Congress (APC) are not qualified to be declared as president because they didn't get 25 percent number of total votes in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Daily Trust reports.

Of the three top candidates in the March 2023 presidential elections, only Peter Obi, Presidential  Candidate of Labour Party, polled over 25 percent in FCT during the February 25 election. 

According to the publication, while testifying under cross examination on Monday June 5, the counsel to the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Mohammed Aliyu, the witness said the 25 percent was compulsory condition to be declared as president.

Grilling the witness, Aliyu SAN asked if that was his personal opinion, he said no, that it was based on the constitutional provision.

In response to a question on whether his candidate got the required result in the FCT, he said “My candidate did not score 25 percent of votes in the FCT by the purported result published by INEC."


 

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