The police in Ekiti State on Tuesday arraigned a 22-year-old man, Joshua Edet, before an Ekiti State Chief Magistrate’s Court for suspected fund conversion.
Inspector Olubu Apata, the police prosecutor, told the court that the defendant committed the crime between July 12 and September 7 at LAZORA Bar, opposite Fayose Market in Ado-Ekiti.
According to the prosecutor, “the defendant, a sales boy, fraudulently converted the sum of N250,400 belonging to his boss, one Babafemi Damola, to his own.” The offense violated Section 295 and is penalized under Section 302 of the Ekiti State 2021 Laws.”
Apata, on the other hand, requested that the case be adjourned so that he could review the file and gather his witnesses.
Mrs Korede Onipede, his counsel, sought the court to grant bail on the condition that he not skip bail.
Mrs Kehinde Awosika, Chief Magistrate, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N100,000 with one surety in the same sum and adjourned the matter till October 26 for hearing.
Yetunde Hanapy, 39, was also prosecuted before an Ado Ekiti Magistrates’ Court for alleged dereliction of duty.
Inspector Sodiq Adeniyi, the police prosecutor, told the court that the defendant committed the crime in Omuo Ekiti between 2021 and July 2023.
Adeniyi claimed that the defendant failed to perform her duties as an auditor for the Staff of Self Reliance Economic Advancement Programme Micro Finance Bank, resulting in serious fraud and financial harm to the organization.
The prosecutor, who stated that the offense violated Section 262 of the Criminal Laws of Ekiti State, 2021, begged the court for an adjournment to allow him to investigate the case file and gather witnesses.
Mr Christian Ekere, the defendant’s counsel, urged the court to grant bail with the condition that she not jump bail.
The Magistrate, Dolapo Babalogbon, granted the defendant bail in the sum of N50,000 with one surety in the same sum and remanded the matter till October 11, for hearing.
