30th September, 2021
By Paul Iyoghojie
A 23-year-old Point Of Service (POS) agent, Musa Bolarinwa who allegedly stole his employer’s N400, 000 same day he was employed and fled Lagos has been arrested in Kwara State.
He was arrested by detectives attached to the Adeniji Adele Division and brought back to Lagos and charged with stealing.
The incident, according to the Police, occurred on 11 August, 2021 at Balogun Market, Lagos Island when the complainant, Bashiru Fereirer, a POS operator employed the suspect and sent him to collect the sum of N400, 000 from a customer for POS transactions.
Police alleged that after the suspect collected the money from the customer, he fled to Kwara State with the money to spend it and switched off his phone instead of taking the money to his employer.
Following the development, the complainant, after waiting for two days without seeing the suspect, reported the incident to the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Adeniji Adele division, Lagos Island who directed his crack team led by Inspector Abigail Adebo to fish out the suspect anywhere he could be found.
The Police team tracked the suspect to Kwara State, arrested him and brought him back to Lagos.
Bolarinwa was charged before the Tinubu Magistrate court, Lagos on one count charge of stealing.
Police Counsel, Ajaga Agboko informed the court in the charge marked TD/09/2021 that the defendant committed the offence the same day he was employed.
Agboko told the court that the complainant trusted the defendant and sent him to a customer to collect the sum of N400, 000 for POS transactions, but that the defendant betrayed the trust reposed in him and fled with the money before he was arrested in Kwara State.
He said the offence committed was punishable under sections 287 of the Criminal law of Lagos State, 2015
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charge and Magistrate T.A Idowu granted him N100, 000 bail with two sureties in like sum.
Idowu adjoined the case till 23 October, 2021 for mention.
He ordered that the defendant be kept at the Ikoyi Correctional Centre till he perfected the bail conditions