Seven staff of Dangote Sugar Refinery and a businessman were arraigned before a Lagos High Court, Ikeja, on Monday for stealing N451 million belonging to the company.
The accused were arraigned on an eight-count charge of
conspiracy, stealing, forgery and presentation of false documents before
vacation judge, Justice Sedoten Ogunsanya.
The defendants were – Musa Sule, Joseph Ukpah, Babatunde
Ajao, Chinedu Onyekwere, Ezekiel Omoro, Rahman Alayande, Odion Abugba, a
businessman, Habib Mande and his company El-Habib Property Nigeria
Limited.
Two other staff, Zainab Adebanjo and Manir Mohammed, have
been declared wanted by officers of the Special Fraud Unit (SFU), Ikoyi,
Lagos.
When the charges were read, the accused persons pleaded not
guilty to the charges preferred against them by the state prosecutor,
Mr. E.A Jackson.
Justice Ogunsanya noted that the defendants were still on administrative bail.
She ordered that they remain on the bail conditions and adjourned the case till September 22.
-The Nation
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