The Lagos State Police Command mentioned it had arraigned a Guess Naija attendant, Bojuwoye Adetola and her good friend, Bunmi Dada, for allegedly conspiring and stealing the sum of N16.7m from a person, Lukman Issa who performed a wager of their outlet within the Iddo space of Lagos State.
The defendants, Adetola and Dada, have been arraigned on Monday earlier than Justice of the Peace F.F. George on two counts bordering on stealing.
The police prosecutor, James Okosun, informed the court docket that the 2 ladies together with the others at the moment at giant dedicated the offence between September 12 and 24, 2023 within the Iddo space of Lagos Island.
In response to Okosun, the offences contravene and are punishable underneath Sections 411 and 287 of the Felony Legal guidelines of the Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.
Our correspondent gathered that the complainant, Issa, performed 36 video games on September 12 and gained all of them days later. Nevertheless, when he went to the store and met Adetola, the Guess Naija attendant, to gather his money, he was informed to come back again and get the primary N800,000 however ended up getting no penny up to now.
“I went to the Guess Naija store to see Adetola; her boss is overseas, so she is the one one there. She mentioned I ought to come again and accumulate the primary N800,000. I went there however she didn’t give me any cash. I seen she had been taking the cash little by little and had deliberate along with her associates to complete the cash and never give me any dime.
“I went to the Guess Naija head workplace to report however they didn’t give me any useful data, all I do know is that she collected my cash, all N16.7 million that I gained,” the businessman who sells Aso-Oke informed our correspondent over the cellphone.
The fees in opposition to the defendants learn, “That you simply Bojuwoye Adetola, 25, Bunmi Dada, 24, and others nonetheless at giant between September 12 and 24, 2023 on the Iddo space of Lagos Island within the Lagos Magisterial District did conspire amongst yourselves to commit felony to wit: stealing and thereby dedicated an offence punishable underneath Part 411 of the legal legal guidelines of the Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.
“That you simply Bojuwoye Adetola, 25, Bunmi Dada, 24, on the identical date, place and time, within the Lagos Magisterial District did steal the sum of N16, 705, 000, 00, property of Lukman Issa and thereby dedicated an offence punishable underneath Part 287 of the Felony Legal guidelines of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.”
The defendants pleaded not responsible to the fees after it was learn to them within the English Language.
The Justice of the Peace, George, granted them bail within the sum of N500,000 with two accountable sureties every in like sum.
George additionally adjourned the case until March 4, 2024 for point out.