Auditors at Sweet Sensation have discovered how three employees of the eatery allegedly stole N6m from its purse.
The trio on Monday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court.
The defendants are Oluwatosin Owa, cashier; Esther Ogoke, frontline officer; and Juliet Madueke, also a frontline officer.
They are aged 26, 35 and 25 respectively, and reside at Magodo, Alagbado and Berger areas of Lagos State respectively.
The defendants are all employees of Sweet Sensation, LASUTH outlet in Ikeja.
They are charged with conspiracy and stealing but they pleaded not guilty.
The prosecutor, Insp Felicia Okwori, told the court that the defendants committed the offences on Aug. 2 at the
outlet.
The prosecutor said that the defendants stole six million Naira from the proceeds of their sales within three years.
Okwori said that the theft was discovered when the company’s accounts were audited.
According to the prosecutor, the offences contravene Sections 287 and 411 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
The Magistrate, Mrs H. B. Mogaji, granted the defendants bail in the sum of N100,000 each with two sureties in like sum.
Mogaji adjourned the case until Oct. 5 for mention
