Sales reps charged to court for stealing Orange Drugs’ worth N1.9 million

Firstclass newsline learnt that two employees of a drug firm, Emmaunel
Okelike and Stephen Ukpal, have been accused of allegedly stealing
goods worth N1.9 million.
Okelike, 35, of Peter Oduntan Street, Abule-Egba and Ukpal, 46, of
Chidi Orjiede Street, Alagbado, fraudulently obtained goods worth N1.9
million belonging to Orange Drugs Company, with the pretext of selling
the goods and remitting the money into the company's account as sales
representatives.
Police prosecutor, Kehinde Olatunde, told an Oshodi Magistrates court
that the accused committed the offence between 2013 and 2014 at Town
Planning Way, Ilupeju, Lagos.
Olatunde, a corporal, said the duo was employed in 2013 as sales
representatives, adding that after six months of employment, they ran
away with the company's money.
Okelike was accused of stealing N978,650 and Ukpal N874,939.
He said efforts to locate or recover the stolen money proved
unsuccessful until they were arrested last month.
"They relocated from their places of residence and their phone numbers
were not reachable until they were apprehended," the prosecutor told
the court.
The offence, Olatunde said, contravened the Criminal Law of Lagos
State, 2011 and attracted a 15-year jail term.
The accused were granted N100, 000 bail with one surety each in the like sum.
Magistrate Akeem Fashola adjourned the case to July 13.
Firstclassnewsline.net