Journalist exposes Sanwo-Olu’s aide as cocaine trafficker evading trial

A Nigerian journalist, Ruona Meyer, has called out Olufunke Phillips, the digital manager of Lagos State Governor-elect, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for being a fugitive after being charged for cocaine possession.

Ms Meyer made the disclosures on Friday morning via posts she made on her Facebook and Twitter pages

Ms Phillips, who is also a popular social and political commentator on social media, has declined to comment on the disclosures.

Ms Phillips (full name: Philip Esther Olufunke) was charged by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) with illegal possession of 3.14 kilogrammes of cocaine in 2007.

She was arraigned before Justice P.I Ajoku of the Lagos Division of the Federal High Court in 2007 but she, alongside 25 others absconded after being granted bail by the judge.

Ms Meyer is accusing Ms Phillips of intellectual property theft.

Contacted Friday morning, Jonah Achema, the NDLEA spokesperson, requested for Ms Phillips’ details so he could check their records

According to Ms Meyer, the two former associates had teamed up to establish ‘The Beverage Space,’ a website that focuses on alcohol consumption, years ago.

She said she brought Ms. Phillips onboard because she needed a face for the brand since she wasn’t based in Nigeria at the time, adding that she solely funded the project.

Ms Meyer, however, said she pulled the plug on the venture after her background checks revealed her partner as a fugitive.
But years later, Ms Phillips began her own website which she renamed ‘The Beverage Room’ based on the same ideas.

The website is currently being run by Ms Phillips and commands a large following on social media. The group currently boasts over 82,000 followers on Facebook alone.

In a Facebook post on Friday, Ms Meyer explained that she was making a public disclaimer to fully dissociate herself from any from business dealings she had with Ms Phillips in 2015 and 2016.

I terminated our business dealings in 2016 after I found out @FunkePhillips is facing cocaine smuggling charges (with a 2009 court case); and on 4 July 2011, @ndlea_nigeria listed her as skipping bail,” Ms Meyer’s Facebook post read

Diggers at work!

Nwodosis:

Sanwo olu is helping baba cocaine ship his cocaine while fronting as a Governor

This was what Ambode rejected that finished him

Liars

christistruth01:
Liars

Sorry no vex

No be me write am

Knack your head for wall


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Just like their godfather the drug lord

magoo10:
Just like their godfather the drug lord

The main cocaine baron

Every court case should have a reference number. If that number is not referenced, no need for such defamation

Lionize:
Every court case should have a reference number. If that number is not referenced, no need for such defamation

Wetting this one dey talk ?

Sorrynovex:


Wetting this one dey talk ?

Exactly that

Lionize:

Exactly that

Sorry no vex

But your criminal Governor traffic's cocaine for Bola

Sorrynovex:


Sorry no vex

But your criminal Governor traffic's cocaine for Bola

Who told you, Maybe your papa na the courier man?

Sorrynovex:

Sorry no vex
But your criminal Governor traffic's cocaine for Bola

Which of yhem are you referring to please?

Buckeyemedia1:
Who told you, Maybe your papa na the courier man?

Sorry no vex

No be my papa aide them catch

Na the aide of Babajide sanwo olu