Thirteen oil employees were taken before an Ogba Magistrates’ Court in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Monday for allegedly stealing diesel worth N92m from the state’s NASCON Allied Industries Plc.
The defendants are also accused of falsifying company documents in order to sell the stolen oil.
The defendants were arraigned before Magistrate A.F Akinyemi on four counts of conspiracy, theft, and forging on Tuesday, November 13, 2019.Information Guide Nigeria
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The charges read in part, “That you, Lere Oseni, Mutiu Adegboye, Ahmed Muritala, Jonathan Igbokwe, Mukaila Garuba, Sagir Mohammed, Folashade Opasanya, Adeyoloye Taiwo, Saidi Ayaniyi, Babangida Suleiman, and others now at large, on the same date and place, in the aforesaid Magisterial District, did steal some quantities of diesel product valued N92.3m, property of one the NASCON Allied Industries Plc.”NYSC portal
The offenses were said to be punishable under Sections 411, 287(7), and 363 (1)(a) of the Lagos State Criminal Law, 2015.
During their arraignment, the defendants pleaded not guilty to the charge.JAMB Result
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