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

KEBBI QUARANTINE SERVICE DESTROYS OVER N16M WORTH OF DONKEY SKINS. (PHOTOS).



Kebbi Quarantine Service Destroys Over  N16m Worth Of Donkey Skins


The Kebbi State Command of the Nigeria Agriculture Quarantine Service has destroyed eight hundred and fifty (850) confiscated donkey skins worth over sixteen point five million naira. 


Speaking shortly after a brief ceremony at the outskirts of the State Capital, the Zonal Commander of the service, Dr. Adamu Isa said, the contraband was intercepted along Koko-Yauri road en route Lagos following an intelligence reports from the locals. 


Dr. Isa, stated that, the skins were supposed to be exported to China by unscrupulous elements in the society, warning that the wrath of the law will never spare any person caught in the business as the agency would work round the clock to ensure donkeys never go into extinction in the country. 


He said, Nigeria as a signatory to the charter protecting domestic and wild animals against extinction, the Government would respect the treaty to the later saying, the Agency had been enjoying maximum support from sister security agencies to that effect. 


Also speaking, Kebbi State Comptroller of Customs, Hussaini Ahmed Bello, said the fight against crime was everybody's business, therefore urged the general public to feed the Customs with relevant intelligence reports that would lead to the crackdown of offenders in the state. 


The Comptroller maintained that, Customs Service would definitely arraign offenders before the court of law as it had been doing in the past and therefore advised members of the public to always engage in meaningful business that will transform their lives within the ambit of the law.

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