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

AKWA IBOM STATE MOURNS THE DEATH OF COMMISSIONER OF POLICE WAHEED AYILARA.(PHOTO).

 


Akwa Ibom State mourns the death of Commissioner of Police Waheed Ayilara


Akwa Ibom State Commissioner of Police, Waheed Ayilara, has passed away, The Nation reports. Ayilara died in the early hours of Thursday at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital in Ikeja. According to sources close to the family, Ayilara underwent prostate cancer surgery on Wednesday before his death occurred hours later. "We are very sad to inform you that our friend, brother, and family, the Commissioner of Police for Akwa Ibom State, Waheed Ayilara, is dead," a family member was quoted as saying.


A top police officer in Akwa Ibom State, who chose to remain anonymous due to a lack of official authorization, confirmed Ayilara’s death. Efforts by newsmen to get a statement from Lagos State Police Command Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, were unsuccessful, as calls to his phone went unanswered on Thursday morning.


Ayilara, who was appointed as the acting Commissioner of Police in Lagos in November 2023, had previously served as Deputy Commissioner of Police in charge of the State Criminal Investigation Department. In February 2024, Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun assigned him to lead the Akwa Ibom State Command, succeeding AIG Idowu Owohunwa.

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