The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 27-year-old woman, Busayo Alagbe, for allegedly commiting a fraud of N4.5m at her place of work.
According to The PUNCH, Alagbe has been arraigned before the Yaba Magistrates’ Court, Lagos State, for allegedly forging bank documents and robbing her employer, Bridgeway Ventures, of N4.5m in the state.
She was accused of three offenses involving theft, forgery, and the conversion of employer funds.
Godwin Oriabure, the state’s prosecutor, stated that the defendant stole the money between July and November 2022 in the Gbagada region of the state, and that during questioning, she admitted to using the money to pay for her boyfriend’s travel expenses to the United Kingdom.
Oriabure informed the court that the offense violated and was punishable under Section 287(b) of the Lagos State Criminal Law, 2015.
The charge read in part, “That you, Busayo Alagbe, between July and November 2022, at no 17 Olujobi Street, Gbagada Estate, Lagos, in the Yaba Magisterial District, did fraudulently convert the sum of Four-Million Five Hundred and Thirty One Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Naira, property of Olayinka Blackshear and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 287(b) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.”
The accused entered a not-guilty plea to the accusations.
The matter was postponed until January 19, 2023 by Magistrate A.O. Salawu, who granted the defendant bail in the amount of N1m with two reliable sureties.
