A 39-year-old sales representative, Dele Ajibola, may spend 14 years behind bars if found guilty of stealing cartons of sanitary pads valued at N400,000.
Ajibola, who allegedly stole 154 cartons of sanitary pads, appeared at an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Friday.
The defendant, a resident of Ijede community in Ikorodu, is standing trial on a one-count charge of stealing.
The prosecutor, Sgt Bosede Adegeshin said the accused sold the pads on Dec. 27, 2017, at a shop belonging to Icojon Enterprises where he was the sales representative.
“He didn’t remit the money for the pads that were valued at N400,000,’’ the prosecutor said.