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

FORMER ABIA HOUSE OF ASSEMBLY MEMBER, HUMPHREY AZUBIKE DEAD. (PHOTO).


 Former Abia House of Assembly Member, Humphrey Azubike Dead


A former legislator and member that represented Ugwunagbo in the Abia State House of Assembly, Hon. Humphrey Azubike is dead.


According to sources who spoke to newsmen, the former parliamentarian and businessman died Monday after complaining of illness.


The deceased was the APC House of Representatives Candidate in the 2019 General election for Osisioma/Obingwa/Ugwunagbo Federal Constituency.


The former lawmaker was confirmed dead in Federal Medical Centre after attempts to resuscitate him failed in Living Word Hospital and Ugwunagbo Mother and Child General Hospital.


Meanwhile, Hon Munachim Alozie, member representing Obingwa/Osisioma/Ugwunagbo Federal Constituency, has reacted to the news of the sudden death of Hon Humphrey Azubuike who was reported dead this Monday.


Describing the news as devastating, Hon Alozie paid glowing tributes to his predecessor in the Abia State House of Assembly, saying that the death of Hon Azubuike is an irreparable loss, not just to Ugwunagbo, which he represented in the Abia State House of Assembly, but also to the entire Abia State.


Hon Alozie prayed to the Almighty God to grant the immediate family of the deceased and the entire Ugwunagbo Local Government Area the fortitude to bear the loss of their illustrious son.

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