A 35-year-old saleswoman, Confidence Ibhade, was on Thursday remanded at the Kirikiri Female Correctional Facility by an Ikeja Special Offences Court, for defrauding her employer of 298,000 dollars.
Justice Sherifat Solebo ordered Ibhade’s remand following her not guilty plea to two charges of obtaining money by false pretenses and stealing by fraudulent conversion filed against her by the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) of the Nigeria Police Force.
Ibhade of No. 3, Tay Court, Oba Amusa Estate, Agungi, Lekki, Lagos, was accused by the SFU of defrauding her employer, Capitalfield Investment Group Ltd. of the funds.
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According to the lead SFU prosecutor, Mr. Emmanuel Jackson, Ibhade allegedly committed the offenses between November and December 2018 in Lagos.
“The defendant with intent to defraud, induced her employer, Capitalfield Investment Group Ltd. through its officers and staff to deliver to her the sum of 298,000 dollars.
“She falsely represented to her employer that a customer of the company, Aurecon Ltd., was in need of dollars and had the naira equivalent which will be given to her employer.
“The representation was false and the defendant converted the funds to her personal use,” Jackson said.
