A 25 years old Nurudeen Jamiu was on Tuesday docked by a Magistrate Court sitting in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital over alleged fraud.
He was dragged before Magistrate Monisola Gbadeyan Kamson for allegedly defrauding Lick Finger Hotel, located in Ilorin.
He was charged for the offences of criminal misappropriation, theft, forgery, contrary to section 309, 289 and 364 of penal code law, advance fee fraud and other related offences Act 2016…
The Police First Information Report stated that the case was reported at the ‘A’ Division Police Station, Ilorin by the manager of the hotel, one Abajemitan Segun.
The complainant in the FIR stressed that the accused person, who lives in No. 11B Alapata Street Gaa Akanbi area, Ilorin was employed sometimes in January, 2019 as bar attendant.
It was also revealed that Jamiu started diverting the hotel money into his private account shortly after he was employed by the hotel management.
The accused was said to have devised another means of defrauding the hotel after he was warned to desist from the act.
The FIR added that the accused person gave customers his First Bank account number; 3055151453 without the knowledge of the hotel manager, in which several customers transferred money into.
Jamiu was also accused of failure to remit money into the hotel coffers after the sales.
According to the FIR, Jamiu forged hotel letter heading with the receipt number 2224.
During the interrogation, the police report stressed that the accused could not give satisfactory account of the missing receipt while the sum of N98,000 was recorded missing in the hotel.
The prosecutor, Gbenga Ayeni informed the court that the accused person should be remanded in prison custody pending the determination of police investigation.
The Magistrate in his ruling granted bail while the matter was adjourned 31 May, 2019.
