A 54-year sales representative, Uthman Hammed, who allegedly swindled his employer of N9. 5 million has been charged before an Igbosere Magistrate, Court, Lagos.
Hammed, a resident of Ajegunle, Lagos, is facing a charge of stealing preferred against by the police.
The prosecutor, Chinedu Njoku, told the court on Monday that the defendant committed the offence in July 2018, at the premises of Dan Wellington Ltd. on Holloway Street, Lagos Island.
According to the prosecutor said, “the defendant asked customers to pay money into his personal Access Bank account instead of the company’s account.”
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He said that the offence contravened Section 287 (7) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The magistrate, Folashade Botoku granted him bail in the sum of N500,000 and adjourned the case till January 28, 2020.
