A 41-year-old employee, Godwin Akpan, was on Wednesday arraigned in Lagos for allegedly defrauding his employer, ACTLOG Solution Ltd. of N1.2 million.
The police charged Akpan, who resides at Ebute-Meta, Lagos, with obtaining money under false pretences and cheating.
The defendant, however, pleaded not before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos.
The prosecutor, Insp Sunday Bassey, told the court that the defendant committed the offences since Jan. 25 at Ilojo Crescent, Obanikoro, Lagos.
Bassey alleged that Akpan, who was a sales representative in the company then, transferred N1, 282,000 given to him by the company into his wife’s account for his personal use.
Bassey said the money was for gift items to some of customers of the company, adding that the company was surprised when the defendant submitted the bank account details of his wife as part of the beneficiaries of the money.
The police alleged that the defendant was sacked because of his various misconducts, and arrested subsequently following complaint lodged by the company’s manager.
The prosecutor said the offences contravened the provisions of Sections 314(1)(a)(b) and 323(1) of the criiminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Section 323(1) stipulates two years imprisonment for cheating while Section 314 attracts 15 years’jail term for obtaining money under false pretences.
Magistrate M.O. Tanimola, admitted the defendant to bail in the sum of N200,000 with two sureties in like sum.
Tanimola ordered that the sureties should be gainfully employed with one of them being a blood relative.
She further ruled that the sureties should show evidence of two years tax payment to the Lagos State Government as part of the bail conditions.
She adjourned the case until Nov.21 for mention. (NAN)
