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

PHONE THIEVES USING TRICYCLE FOR OPERATION IN JOS BUSTED. (PHOTO).


 Phone thieves using tricycle for operation in Jos busted


Operatives of Plateau Police Command have busted three members of suspected phone snatching gang operating with tricycles in Jos, the state capital and environs.

The suspects were apprehended while attempting to snatch the mobile phone of an unsuspecting resident around Rantya community of Jos South Local Government Area of the state, the spokesperson for the Plateau Police Command, Alfred Alabo, disclosed this to newsmen on Friday in Jos.

He said they were arrested on August 29, at about 2:00 p.m., three suspects were arrested at Rantya roundabout while attempting to make away with the mobile phone of some innocent victims.

According to the police spokesperson, the suspects, who operate using tricycles, would usually lure their victims to join the tricycles by posing as commercial riders and then rob them of their belongings.

”Upon interrogation the suspects all confessed to being members of a syndicate which specialises in snatching people’s belongings around the Rantya axis.

”They also revealed that they usually hypnotise innocent citizens and rob them of their belongings, especially mobile phones.

”The suspects further revealed that they lure their victims into boarding their tricycle posing as commercial riders and later steal the targeted property without trace,”he said

The Plateau Police Command spokesperson added that exhibits recovered from the suspects included an android phone and a tricycle with registration number PT 17437.


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