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 CUSTOMS GENERATES N6.2B IN THE THREE MONTHS.(PHOTOS).


Nigeria Customs Service ,(NCS) Kwara Area Command says it has generated the total sum of Six Billion, Two Hundred and Forty Six Million Four Hundred and Eighty-Five Thousand Eight Hundred and Twenty -Seven Naira Ninety -Seven kobo(N6,246,485,827.97) between April and June this year.

The State Controller of the service ,Comptroller Kehinde Ilesanmi stated this while speaking with Newsmen on the achievement of the command in Ilorin.
He said the total of N9.8 Billion naira was remitted to federation account between January and June this year when he took over the mantle of leadership.

Comptroller Ilesanmi noted that the said amount is above what was collected from (January-June 2022) with the sum of N5.7B.

According to him ,the command has also recorded fifty six seizures of different items with Duty Paid Value (DPV) of N48.88Million naira between April and June this year at border areas of Okuta, Chikanda and Bukoro in the Northern part of the state
Comptroller Ilesanmi said the items seized include 9 units of used vehicles of different types, 813 bags of foreign parboiled rice(50kg each), 24,950 litres of Petroleum product in 998 jerrycans and 14 kegs of vegetable oil of 25 litres among others.

He noted that the command will not compromise in its mandate of enforcing legitimate commercial activities and facilitating trade among local industries.
The Controller warned economic saboteurs to turn a new leaf or face the full wrath of the law.

He commended the support of traditional institutions and other stakeholders which enabled the command achieve success in the fight against smuggling.
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