Accountant arraigned over attempt to steal N23.4m from employer
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A Chief Accountant with Whytecleon Ltd located at Bishop Aboyade Cole Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, Mark Olaoluwa Soares, 38, has been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate Court for allegedly conniving with with a former staff of the Company, Modigie Osigbeme to forge the signature of the managing director with intent to steal the sum of N23,465,000 from his employer's account domiciled at First Bank of Nigeria Plc.
Paul Iyoghojie
A Chief Accountant with Whytecleon Ltd located at Bishop Aboyade Cole Street, Victoria Island, Lagos, Mark Olaoluwa Soares, 38, has been arraigned before a Lagos Magistrate Court for allegedly conniving with with a former staff of the Company, Modigie Osigbeme to forge the signature of the managing director with intent to steal the sum of N23,465,000 from his employer’s account domiciled at First Bank of Nigeria Plc.
A Police source alleged that the vigilant cashiers at the bank foiled the attempted theft.
The source said that the Divisional Police Officer, DPO in charge of Bar Beach Division,Victoria Island, Lagos, CSP Isah Lawal directed his team led by Inspector Churchil Akujobi to arrest the accused persons following a complaint by the Management of Whycleon Ltd.
The accused were charged before an Igbosere Magistrate Court, Lagos on a three-count charge of attempt to steal and forgery.
Police Counsel, Reuben Solomon informed the court in charge No M/91/2018 that Soares who is the chief accountant with Whycleon Ltd connived with a former staff of the Company, Osigbeme to forged the signature of their female Managing Director and took the documents to his employer’s bank to approached the cashiers on duty that his boss authorised him to withdraw the sum of N23,465,000 from the company’s account.
Solomon said that not satisfied with the explanations and the documents the accountant presented, the cashiers phoned the M.D who was holidaying abroad to confirm if she authorised her accountant to make withdrawal from the company’s account.
He said the M.D replied that she never authorised any staff to withdraw money from her account and that she directed the bank’s staff to arrest the accused persons.
Solomon said the offences the accused committed were punishable under sections 411, 370 (a)(b) and 406 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
The accused, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges in the open court and Magistrate R.M Davies granted them bail in the sum of N500,000 each with two sureties each in like sum.
Davies adjourned the case till 12 October, 2018 for mention and ordered that the defendants be remanded in Prison till they perfected their bail conditions.
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