Justice

A 32-year-old sales representative, Ayodeji Aina, on Wednesday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing his employer’s N1 million.

The accused, who resides at Isheri, Lagos, was arraigned before Magistrate Mrs F.F George on a one-count charge of stealing, an allegation which he denied.

George granted the accused bail of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum, adding that the sureties should be gainfully employed and show evidence of two years tax payment to the Lagos State Government(LASG).

Police Prosecutor, Sgt. Godwin Awase told the court that the accused committed the offence on May 22 at Oba Akran, Ikeja, Lagos.

He said that the accused stole N1 million belonging to International Distiller Ltd.

“The accused fraudulently obtained goods from his company, sold them and converted the proceeds to his own,’’ prosecutor said.

Awase said that the theft was detected when the accused wanted to clear some goods at the depot.

“The accused presented a `used teller’ to the depot account officer to clear goods from the depot.

“The accounting officer, who carefully looked at the teller, discovered that the accused had used the teller to clear goods in February 2017.

“The officer alerted the management and after series of investigations, it was discovered that the accused had defrauded the company to the tune of N1 million, using used tellers.

“It was based on the discovery that the accused was arrested and handed over to the police,’’ the prosecutor said.

The offence violated Section 287(7) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015 which stipulates seven years imprisonment for stealing.

The case was adjourned until Nov. 13 for a mention.