Lagos arraigns two staff over fraud

TWO staff of Lagos    State Infrastructure Maintenance and Regulatory Agency, LASIMRA, were, yesterday, arraigned before an Ikeja magistrate’s court by the state government for alleged fraud


The staff, (names withheld) were arraigned on a two-count charge. They were accused of fraud and falsification of LASIMRA account, thereby committing a crime punishable under the laws of Lagos.
In the first count charge read: “That you, (names withheld) and others now at large between September 2015 and August 2017 in the Ikeja Magisterial District conspired among yourselves to commit felony to wit, false accounting, thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 411 of the Criminal Law, Cap. C17, Vol. 3, Laws of Lagos State, 2015.” The second charge stated “that you, (names withheld) and others now at large between September 2015 and August 2017 in the Ikeja Magisterial District, being officers in charge of the receipt and management of the revenue of Lagos State Infrastructure Maintenance and Regulatory Agency, LASIMRA, did make false statement and return of the said revenue to the Lagos State Government, thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 33 of the Criminal Law, Cap. C.17, Vol.3, Laws of Lagos State, 2015.” ‘Not guilty’ When the charges were read to the accused, they pleaded not guilty and Magistrate Aje Afuwa granted them bail in the sum of N500,000 each. The magistrate added that each of the accused must also produce two sureties each, one of who must be a Grade Level 15 officer and above in the state civil service, while the other sureties must be their relatives.