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

S. A : FOUR SUSPECTS NABBED FOR ILLEGAL MINING ACTIVITIES IN LULEKANI. (PHOTO).


 FOUR SUSPECTS NABBED FOR ILLEGAL MINING ACTIVITIES IN LULEKANI

Four suspects, Tawurai Muranda (28), Sinbarashe Moyo (30), Syton Muzemba (32) and Eric Mudau (33) appeared before the Lulekani Magistrate’s Court facing charges of illegal mining and contravention of immigration act. They were remanded in custody until 25 October 2024 for further police investigations.


Their arrest comes after the members of the SAPS Operation Vala Umgodi team, together with the SANDF and other stakeholders, proceed to disrupt illegal mining activities in Mopani District.


The team was on operation when they received information about active illegal mining at Scheiding Farm, Gate 03, in the Lulekani policing area.


They swiftly went to the location and found a group of people illegally mining minerals. The suspects noticed the police and ran to different directions. Four suspects aged between 28 and 33 were then arrested, and police seized also the illegal mining equipment.


The illegal mining equipment included shovels, spades, picks, iron bars, hammers, torches, and cellphones.


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