A staff member of the popular eatery Sweet Sensation, Oluremi Olayinka, has been charged and sentenced to 266 years of imprisonment by an Ogun state High Court for stealing N8 million belonging to her employer.
Justice A.A Akinyemi, the chief judge of the High Court sitting in Abeokuta, the state capital, delivered his judgment on the case on April 22, Channels TV reports.
According to the statement, signed by Wilson Uwujaren, a spokesman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), the court found the convict guilty on all the 34 count charges brought against her. The employee was sentenced to seven years on each of 30 counts and 14 years on the remaining four charges.
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“Olayinka who was arraigned on May 13, 2014 by the EFCC in response to a petition on the allegations against her, was also ordered by Justice Akinyemi to refund the money she stole,” the EFCC spokesman said.
It was stated that the convict received money on behalf of her employers, which she then stole.
Olayinka who initially admitted the crime, dramatically plead not guilty upon arraignment. However, the EFCC presented four witnesses and tendered sixteen items of evidence to prove she was guilty of committing the crime.