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

NNAMDI KANU APPEARED IN COURY TODAY AS HIS TRIAL ON TERRORISM CHARGES CONTINUED. (PHOTO).


 IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu appeared in court today as his trial on terrorism charges continued.


The case is being heard before Justice Binta Nyako of the Federal High Court in Abuja, who previously refused to grant Kanu bail or transfer him to house arrest.


During today’s proceedings, Justice Nyako struck out an application by Kanu’s lawyer, Aloy Ejimakor, who argued that the court lacked jurisdiction to hear the case because it violated the constitution and the Administration of Criminal Justice Act.


Justice Nyako stated that she struck out the application because she had already ruled on it previously, and bringing it up again constituted an abuse of court processes by the defense counsel.

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UPDATE:

Kanu condemns killings in southeast


The leader of the Proscribed Indigenous People of Baifra, Nnamdi Kanu, has desiccated himself from the killings in the Southeast.


Kanu, who arrived in court in the presence of his lawyers on Wednesday, also insisted he was all for peace, and had no hand in the murder of the some soldiers in Abia State a few weeks ago.

He condemned the incident in its entirety saying IPOB was founded on a non-violent principle, and has maintain that stand. 


Kanu stated that some of these soldiers are his people adding that his family is presently in mourning mood.

He admitted that though his people must be free but that cannot be achieved with violence saying Africa has suffered a lot from slavery in Arabia, Europe and now slavery in America.

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