A Lagos magistrate court in Igbosere on Monday ordered that six sales managers alleged to have connived to defraud their employer, Helen Onasanya, of the sum of N168,298, 916 between 2017 and 2019 be admitted to N1 million bail each.
Chief Magistrate O. O. Osin, who had earlier revoked the bail of the accused persons for presenting fake and professional sureties to perfect their earlier bail in charge NO A|59|2019, pronounced fresh stringent bail conditions as the defendants had also jumped the earlier bail. Apart from the six sales managers, two fake professional sureties were also joined in the new charge NO A|59A|2019.
The police Identified the accused persons as Sola Gbadebo, 36; Ngozi Ngobiti, 36; Dickson Eromosele, 41; Aiyeola Olayemi, 67; Helen Kadri, 50; Bukola Adesanya, 40; and Glory Ogbomaya, 39.
All the accused persons were charged before the Igbosere chief magistrate court, Lagos, on a three- count charge of stealing and fraud.
Police prosecutor, Edward Abiodun, alleged that the accused persons committed the offences between January 2017 and August 2019 at 134, Issa Williams Street, Lagos Island, and Akwa Ibom Plaza, Trade Fair Complex, Ojo, Lagos.
Abiodun informed the court that Onasanya had entrusted goods valued at N168,298,916 in the care of the accused persons to sell and remit the proceeds into her account, but that the accused persons sold the goods and converted the proceeds to their use.
He said the complainant uncovered the fraud when she audited her account books.
Further hearing on the case has been fixed for January 17, 2020.
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