Two
bank officials, Tiaminu Lukeman, 48, and Shogaolu Sherif,30, who allegedly
stole N30 million from their employer, were on Monday in Lagos, granted
N5million bail each.
An
Igbosere Magistrates’ Court, who gave the ruling, also granted the accused
persons two sureties each in like sum as part of the bail conditions.
The
magistrate, Mrs. A. O. Sholadoye said that one of the sureties must be a
level-16 civil servant and both sureties must show evidence of tax payment.
The
accused persons are facing a four-count charge of conspiracy, forgery, fraud
and stealing.
Lukeman
resides in Block 8, Flat 1, LSDPC Estate, Ikotun, while Sherif lives in Block
D, Flat 11, Alhaji Masha along Kilo Road, Surulere, both in Lagos State.
Earlier,
the prosecutor, Insp. Jimoh Joseph had told the court that the accused
conspired with some others still at large to commit the offences between Aug.
1, 2013, and June 2016 at a bank branch in Lagos.
He
said Lukeman who was the head of Human Resources, Compensation and Benefit,
included some fictitious names and account numbers into the bank’s system to
defraud it.
“Lukeman,
fraudulently, credited the account numbers knowing that they were not among the
list of beneficiaries for compensation prepared by the bank,” he said.
The
prosecutor said that the offences contravened Sections 285, 323, 363 (1) and
409 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2011.
The
duo, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
The
magistrate adjourned the case to Aug.10 for mention.
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