A sales girl, Sylvanus Blessing, who allegedly stole bags of rice and vegetable oil valued at N793, 000, was on Thursday docked before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court.
Sylvanus, 21, who works at No. 21, Ogudu Road in Ojota area of Lagos, and resides at Ogba is facing a charge of stealing.
The prosecutor, Sgt. Ihiehie Lucky told the court that on December 11, the complainant, Mrs Nnamdi Francisca, owner of the shop, reported the case at Ogudu Police Station.
Ihiehie said that the complainant discovered that her shop had been broken in and goods worth over N700, 000 were missing.
“The sales girl has been working with the complainant for over four months and has been with the shop keys since then,’’ he said.
Ihiehie said on December 10, the accused dropped the keys with the second sales girl and disappeared.
In the process, the complainant discovered that many bags of rice and a gallon of grounding oil were missing during the period the accused was in charge of the shop’s keys.
“In all, 30 bags of 50kg rice, 20 bags of 25kg of rice, 10 bags of 12 kg of rice, 15 bags of 5kg rice and 25 litres of vegetable oil were missing in the shop.
“The total value of the items stolen in the shop is N 793, 000,’’ he said.
The offence contravened Section 285 (7) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State 2015.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the accused risks seven years imprisonment upon conviction.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The Magistrate, Mrs O. Sule Amzat, granted the accused bail of N100, 000 with two sureties, who must be gainfully employed.
The case was adjourned until January 29, 2018.
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