Thirty-three-year-old Tochukwu Onyia, a sales clerk with Lagos-based Renaissance Communication Ltd, has arraigned for allegedly defrauding the company of N6.4 million.
Onyia, who is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing recharge cards before an Igbosere Magistrate’s Court, however, pleaded not guilty.
The prosecutor,Sgt. Stephen Molo, told the court that the accused, along with others still at large, committed the offence sometime in June 2007 at the Victoria Island office of the company.
He alleged that the accused and his accomplices stole N6.4 million being the proceeds from the sale of recharge cards belonging to the firm, also known as Zoom Mobile.
The offence, he said, contravened Sections 390 (9) and 516 of the Criminal Code, Laws of Lagos State.
Magistrate,Mulikat Ali-Balogun, granted the accused bail in the sum of N1 million, with two sureties in like sum.
She adjourned the case till Aug. 20 for further hearing.
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