Woman Squanders Employer’s N1.9m On Baba
Ijebu.
Published on May 7, 2013 by .
A 44-year old woman, Mrs. Adenike Owolope, has
been arrested and charged before the Ejigbo
Magistrate’s Court, Lagos State, southwest Nigeria,
for allegedly squandering her employer’s money
on lotto game, also known as Baba Ijebu.
She was charged on a one count charge of stealing
before the presiding magistrate, Mrs M. B. Folami.
P.M.NEWS gathered that the Ogun State-born
Owolope worked in the sales and finance
department of a cosmetics company, Remdocs
Nigeria Limited, at 35 Saidat Kellam Street,
Abaranje, Ikotun, Lagos where she had access to
the company’s money and allegedly stole N1, 960,
000 to play lotto.
It was alleged that the woman stole the money in
piecemeal to play the lotto game with the hope that
she would win a lot of money and then return her
employer’s money.
However, things did not work out as she allegedly
planned because she did not win any prize before
the company discovered the missing money and
arrested her.
When she was arraigned, she pleaded not guilty.
Owolope was granted bail in the sum of N500,000
with two sureties in like sum.
She was, however, remanded in Kirikiri Prison,
Lagos pending when she will meet her bail
conditions. The matter was adjourned till 3 July,
2013.
When P.M.NEWS contacted the suspect, she denied
that she stole and used the money to play lottery
as alleged by her employer. She told our reporter
that the whole thing was planned to implicate her.
“The truth will surely come out,” she said,
reiterating that she was accused wrongly.