LAGOS – Six employees of a company in Lagos and two others were on Tuesday arraigned over the theft of properties of their employer worth N24 million.
The six are Mark Ekpo, 35; Gbenga Soyombo,37; Akindolire Tobi, 26; Emmanuel Emod, 32; Seyi Ogunbayo, 47 , and Bright Hassan, 27. They are facing charges of conspiracy and stealing before an Ebute-Meta Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.
The two other accused, Kingsley Uchegwam, 26, and Christian Onyekaozulu, 40, were charged with receiving stolen items.
The Prosecutor, Cpl. Cyriacus Osuji, told the court that the six employees stole lanollin and menthol chemicals at the premises of the company on Wemco Road, Ogba, Lagos. [eap_ad_1] Osuji said that the men committed the offences between July 2013 and June 2014 at N.N FENS Industries Ltd.
According to him, the accused, including drivers, a storekeeper and a security guard, conspired to steal Lanolin and menthol chemicals worth N24 million.
He said that when the storekeeper, Ekpo, was asked to account for drums of chemicals sold between July 2013 and June 2014, he could not account for the missing ones.
Osuji said that the management of the company later invited the police to investigate the crime.
The prosecutor said that investigation by the police revealed that the employees were culpable and had sold the stolen chemicals to the seventh and eight accused.
He said that the offences committed contravened Sections 409, 285 and 326 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
All the accused pleaded not guilty to the charges preferred against them.
The Magistrate, Mr E.O Ogunkanmi, granted the first to sixth accused bail in the sum of N1 million with two sureties.
Ogunkanmi granted the seventh and eight accused bail in the sum of N100,000 each with one surety each in like sum and adjourned the case to Sep. 29 for trial. (NAN)
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