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

WANTED KIDNAP KINGPIN BUHARI MUHAMMAD, FIVE OTHERS ARRESTED IN ABUJA HOTEL. (PHOTO).


 Wanted kidnap kingpin Buhari Muhammad, five others arrested in Abuja hotel


The police in the Federal Capital Territory have arrested suspected notorious kidnappers, one Buhari Muhammad, and five other members of the syndicate in Abuja.


FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, said in a statement on Monday that the suspects were arrested in a hotel in Bassa village in Abuja.


The statement listed the five other suspects to include a wanted kidnapping kingpin, Muhammad Sabiu; Isah Abdullahi, Hamzat Musa, Fatima Abdullahi, and Zuliat Yusuf.


She alleged that the notorious kidnapping syndicate was behind the abduction of Joshua Eze, the husband of Blessing Eze, who suffered a bullet injury in the process of her husband’s abduction.


Recall that Joshua was kidnapped on January 27, 2024, but was rescued unhurt by police operatives of the command after 24 hours.


The PPRO confirmed that the arrest was made by the command’s operatives attached to the Anti-Kidnapping Unit, dedicated to the fight against criminality in the FCT.


She added that one AK-47 rifle, 10 mobile phones, a cash sum of N345,000, and other valuables were recovered from the suspects.

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