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

LAGOS ARRESTS 110 SQUATTERS, DEMOLISHES SHANTIES ON RES LINE CORRIDOR. (PHOTO).


 Lagos arrests 110 squatters, demolishes shanties on Red Line Corridor


The Lagos State Government says it has arrested 110 squatters in the early hours of Thursday during a lean-up operation of the Red line Corridor of Pen Cinema-Iju Ishaga area.

Kunle Adesina, a Public Affairs Director in the Ministry of the Environment and Water Resources in a post on X on Thursday, said the 110 squatters would be charged to court immediately.

He said the arrest was carried out by the Special Task Force on Environmental Offences led by CSP Sola Jejeloye.

Adesina added that the exercise also included the removal of all shanties on the corridor which had been removed earlier but re-erected.

According to him, the operation was directed by the Commissioner for the Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab following an inspection tour to the Redline Railway corridor last Sunday by the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu-led executive members.

He wrote: “A total of 110 squatters with questionable characters were in the early hours of Thursday arrested during a Clean-Up operation of the Red line Corridor of Pen Cinema -Iju Fagba area and would be charged to court immediately.

“The arrest which was carried out by the Special Task Force on Environmental Offences led by CSP Sola Jejeloye also involved removal of all shanties on the corridor which had been removed earlier but re-erected

“The operation was directed by the HC MOE&WR Tokunbo Wahab following an inspection tour to the Redline Railway corridor last Sunday by the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu led exco members.”

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