A Bet Naija attendant, Bojuwoye Adetola and her friend, Bunmi Dada, are under prosecution over allegation that they conspired and stole the sum of N16.7m from a man, Lukman Issa who played a bet in their outlet in the Iddo area of Lagos State.
Adetola and Dada are accused of committing the crime with others who are on the run.
However, the duo are brought before Magistrate F.F. George at Ebute Meta Magistrates’ court on Monday on two counts bordering on stealing.
The court heard from the police prosecutor, James Okosun, that the two women along with the others currently at large committed the offence between September 12 and 24, 2023 in the Iddo area of Lagos Island.
Okosun said, Issa played 36 games on September 12 and won all of them days later but Adetola refused to give him his prize money of N16.7m while Bet Naija was unable to recover the sum for him.
The charges against the defendants read, “That you Bojuwoye Adetola, 25, Bunmi Dada, 24, and others still at large between September 12 and 24, 2023 at the Iddo area of Lagos Island in the Lagos Magisterial District did conspire amongst yourselves to commit felony to wit: stealing and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 411 of the criminal laws of the Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.
“That you Bojuwoye Adetola, 25, Bunmi Dada, 24, on the same date, place and time, in the Lagos Magisterial District did steal the sum of N16, 705, 000, 00, property of Lukman Issa and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 287 of the Criminal Laws of Lagos State of Nigeria, 2015.”
The defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges while the magistrate granted them bail and adjourned the case till March 4, 2024 for mention.
