Two Docked Over N10.6m Kerosene Fraud

Two employees Abdullahi Yakubu and Victor Kalu were yesterday brought before an Ikeja Magistrates Court charged with obtaining N10.6 million on the pretext of supplying kerosene.
Yakubu, 43, a sales representative; resides in Kogi while Kalu, 37, a driver; resides in Agege area of Lagos.
The duo, who are being tried for conspiracy, obtaining money under false pretence and stealing however, denied the charges. They were granted bail of N600,000 each with two sureties each in like sum.
The Magistrate, Mrs M.O. Tanimola, who gave the ruling said the sureties should be gainfully employed with an evidence of two years’ tax payment to the Lagos State Government. Earlier, Police Prosecutor, Aondohemba Koti told the court that the accused committed the offences on Nov. 1, 2018 in Apapa, Lagos.
According to him, the accused conspired to defraud their employer, Mr Mohammed Idris, of N10.6 million under the pretext of supplying him 45,000 litres of kerosene. The accused approached the complainant that there was kerosene for sale at the Tin-Can Island in Apapa and asked him to buy.