A 28-year-old sales representative, Rita James, was on Monday docked for allegedly stealing her employer’s N260,000.
The police charged James, who lives in Sabon Tasha, Kaduna with theft in a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court.
The Prosecution Counsel, Inspector Chidi Leo, told the court that ,
, of Barnawa, reported the matter at the Barnawa Police Station on September 30.
Leo said the offence contravened the provisions of Section 207 of the Kaduna State Penal Code Law, 2017.
The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge.
Magistrate Ibrahim Emmanuel, in his ruling, granted bail to the defendant in the sum of N150,000 with one surety in like sum.
He ordered that the surety must reside within the court’s jurisdiction and show evidence of tax payment to Kaduna State Government.
Emmanuel adjourned the case until October 29 for hearing.
