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

GOV. SULE CALLS FOR CALM, AFFIRMS INTENTION TO CHALLENGE TRIBUNAL VERDICT.(PHOTO).


Gov Sule Calls For Calm, Affirms Intention To Challenge Tribunal Verdict 

Governor Abdullahi Sule of Nasarawa State has called on residents of the state to remain calm and refrain from acts that could disrupt law and order following the judgment of the Election Petition Tribunal, which nullified his election in the March 18, 2023, Governorship and House of Assembly Election.

Governor Sule made the call during a news briefing in Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital after the tribunal passed its judgment.

According to him, the judgment of the tribunal was unacceptable and will be challenged in the appeal court to secure the mandate given to him by the people at the polls.

He explained that the tribunal verdict was just a temporary setback hence he would remain focused in providing governance to people of the state.

Governor Sule urged residents of the state to remain law abiding and allow his lawyers to do their job in seeking justice.

The Election Petition Tribunal in a split judgment through zoom nullified the election of Alhaji Abdullahi Sule and declared candidate for the people Democratic Party PDP Dr David Ombagadu winner of the March 18 2023 Governorship and House of Assembly Election in Nasarawa State.

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