Driver in court for allegedly stealing employer’s sugar valued N44m

The police in Lagos on Friday arraigned a 40- year-old man, Musa Ademola before Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly tampering and stealing his employer’s bags of sugar and diesel valued N44m.

Ademola, a driver with no fixed address is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing.

The Prosecutor, Sp. Josephine Ikhayere, told the court in Ikeja that the offences were committed between April 18 and 20 at GPC Energy and Logistics Ltd, Ikeja, Lagos.

Ikhayere said the defendant, and another still at large dishonestly tampered with 600 bags of 50 kg sugar valued N44,093,023.

He stated that the 50kg bags were weighed and loaded in with a truck G800 but at the point of delivery and offloading, weighed 49kg each, adding that the property belonged to GPC Energy and logistics.

Ikhayere also claimed that the defendant stole 450 liters of Diesel valued N540,000 property of the same company.

According to him, the offences contravened sections 287(7) and 411of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.

However, the defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges.

The Magistrate, Mr L.A Owolabi granted him bail in the sum of N700,000 with two sureties in like sum.

Owolabi adjourned the case until June 9, for mention.