Salesperson fired for allegedly stealing 7.8 million naira from employer
A 32-year-old former sales representative, Bashir Olatunji, was on Monday brought to the Ikeja Magistrate’s Court in Lagos on charges of theft.
The defendant is on trial before Judge E. Kubeinje on one count of theft.
However, he pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Prosecutor Kehinde Ajayi told the court that the defendant committed the crime between January and November at Kosoko Street, Ojodu Berger, Lagos State.
She alleged that the defendant stole the sum of N7,809,000 while acting as a sales agent for her employer, Deke Super Store in Ojodu Burger.
The money is said to be the property of his employer.
Prosecutors said an investigation revealed that the defendant had been stealing money from the company over a long period of time, but was later arrested and detained by police.
She said the crime was in violation of the provisions of Section 287 of the Lagos State Penal Code of 2015.
The court granted the defendant bail of NOK 500,000 with two sureties of the same amount.
Kubeinje ordered that sureties must be gainfully employed with tax certificates and certificates, and that one of the sureties must be a blood relative.
She adjourned the case until December 19 for trial.
Source: guardian.ng