Invoice
By Deborah Akpede
Ikeja, April 26, 2018 (NAN) Two employees of a Lagos-based company, Babatunde Abiodun and Ojo Idowu, on Thursday appeared
in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing their employer’s N1.2 million.
Both Abiodun, 23 and Idowu, 52, shopkeeper and manager respectively are both residents of Mushin in Lagos and are being tried
for conspiracy, forgery and stealing.
The accused, according to Police Prosecutor Aondohemba Koti, committed the offences between January and February 2017
at Mushin.
Kati said the accused conspired to steal N1.2 million belonging to Tennyson Nigeria Enterprises by forging 10 booklets of invoice.
“The accused used forged invoice of their company to sell their goods and both converted the proceeds to personal uses.”
He said the stealing and forgery were detected following an audit of the stock.
“The company decided to carry out an audit when the accused could not give an account of how the goods got missing.
“It was discovered after the audit that N1.2 million goods were stolen.
“During the execution of search warrant, booklets of invoice labelled Tennyson Nigeria Enterprises suspected to be fake
were recovered from them, Koti told the court.
The offences contravened Sections 287, 365 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015(Revised).
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Section 287 and 365 provide three years jail term for offenders.
The accused pleaded innocence of the offences and were granted bail in the sum of N300,000 each with two sureties each
in like sum.
The Magistrate, Mrs M.O. Tanimola, said the sureties should be gainfully employed with evidences of two years tax payment
to the Lagos State Government.
The case was adjourned until May 9 for mention. (NAN)
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Edited by Felix Nwadioha/Dele Akinsola