An office assistant, Ifeanyi Anyanwu, who allegedly absconded with his employer’s $12,000 (N4.3 million) on Wednesday pleaded guilty in an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.

Anyanwu, 28, whose address was not given, made the plea when he was arraigned on a count charge of stealing.

The Prosecutor, Cpl. Friday Mameh, told the court that the accused committed the offence while working with the complainant, Mr Olalekan Salami, as a financial analyst.

Mameh said that the accused stole the amount at his place of work, No.32, Furo Ezimora St., Lekki Phase 1 Lagos.

He said the accused stole the money and absconded to Calabar, adding that part of it was recovered from his girlfriend.

According to the prosecutor, ‎the offence contravened Section 287 (7) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the accused risks being jailed for seven years according to the Criminal Law of Lagos State.

The Magistrate B. A. Sonuga, adjourned the case until Oct. 31 for facts and ‎sentence.