Busayo Alagbe, 27, has been charged with faking bank documents and stealing her company, Bridgeway Ventures, in Lagos State, of N4.5 million. She was brought before the Yaba Magistrates’ Court.
Alagbe was accused with three offences involving theft, forgery, and the conversion of employer funds.
Godwin Oriabure, the state’s prosecutor, stated that the defendant took the money between July and November 2022 in the Gbagada region of the state, and that after questioning, she admitted to using the money to pay for her boyfriend’s travel expenses to the United Kingdom.
Oriabure told the court that the offence was contrary to and punishable under Section 287(b) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.
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The charge read in part, “That you, Busayo Alagbe, between July and November 2022, at no 17 Olujobi Street, Gbagada Estate, Lagos, in the Yaba Magisterial District, did fraudulently convert the sum of Four-Million Five Hundred and Thirty One Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Naira, property of Olayinka Blackshear and thereby committed an offence contrary to and punishable under Section 287(b) of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015.”
The defendant pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Magistrate A.O Salawu granted the defendant bail in the sum of N1m with two responsible sureties and adjourned the matter till January 19, 2023.
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