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

DEPUTY SPEAKER, KALU PREACHES PEACE IN ABIA APC, CALLS FOR LIFTING OF SUSPENSION ON MEMBERS. (PHOTO). #PRESS RELEASE.


 Deputy Speaker, Kalu preaches peace in Abia APC, calls for lifting of suspension on members


Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon. Benjamin Okezie Kalu has emphasized the importance of peace in Abia State chapter of All Progressives Congress (APC), saying that faction is old fashioned. 


Kalu who represents Bende Federal Constituency of the state stressed the point at the Party's Caucus/Stakeholders' meeting held in Umuahia, the State capital on Saturday. 


The meeting attracted the presence of the party's governorship candidate in 2023, High Chief Ikechi Emenike; the party's State Chairman, Dr. Kingsley Ononogbu; former speaker of Abia State House of Assembly and federal commissioner representing South East in FCT Civil Service Commission, Rt. Hon. Martins Azubuike; former Minister of Labour and Productivity; Chief Emeka Wogu and another Speaker of Abia State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Chinedum Orji. 


Other dignitaries at the meeting included the former Minister of State for Science Technology and Innovation and Chairman, Governing Board, Federal Polytechnic, Nakede, Imo State; former member of the House of Representatives and currently, Baord member of the North East Development Commission (NEDC) and the member representing Abia in the Niger Delta Development Commission (NNDC), Chief Eruba Dimgba amongst others.


Kalu who later moved the motion for the lifting of suspension imposed on some members also emphasized the need to reintroduce monthly levies in the party. 


He encouraged the party faithful to make financial commitments to help run the affairs of the party.


Announcing a huge financial donation to the party, the deputy speaker added that APC has achieved a lot. 


He further expressed gratitude to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu for signing the South East Development Commission (SEDC) bill into law, telling  the meeting that APC government made it possible. 


He revealed that an appeal is still ongoing to the President to release the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kalu. 


Signed:


Levinus Nwabughiogu, Chief Press Secretary to the Deputy Speaker, House of Representatives, Federal Republic of Nigeria

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