A 35-year-old single mother, Vivian Ifeoma Amos, has landed in trouble for allegedly stealing the sum of $6,000, which is equivalent of N11 million, and cash sum of N2 million, totaling N13 million, belonging to her Indian boss, Harish Sonani, after rejecting extending sex with him to his brother.
P.M.EXPRESS reports that the incident happened at Abel Oreniyi Street, Awuse Estate, Opebi, Ikeja, Lagos State, where Amos was initially employed as a cook.
According to the police, the lady was employed as a cook by Sonani, who later started sleeping with her, and she gained access to his bedroom, where he kept the money.
Trouble was said to have started after the complainant asked the lady to extend the sex service to his brother, but she rejected.
In the process, the lady allegedly stole his $1,500 and some amount of money inside the bedroom and escaped.
This was said to have led to a disagreement between them and she has been at large.
The matter was reported to the Alausa Police Division.
The lady was later arrested after she went to an interview for a cooking job.
The complainant identified her and contacted the police.
She was detained at the station for interrogation over her alleged conduct.
After thorough interrogation, the police found her culpable and charged her before the Ogba Magistrate Court for the alleged offence, which attracts several years of imprisonment.
The charges read: “That you, Vivian Ifeoma Amos ‘F’ sometime in the month of March, 2024 at Abel Oreniyi Street, Awuse Estate, Opebi, Ikeja, in the Ikeja Magisterial District, did willfully and unlawfully damage the kitchen iron door valued One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Naira (N150,000.00) property of Harish Sonani ‘M’ and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 350 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State of Nigeria 2015.
“That you, Vivian Ifeoma Amos ‘F’ on the same date, time and place in the aforesaid Magisterial District, did steal $6,000 US Dollars equivalent of Eleven Million, Six Hundred Thousand Naira (N11,600,000.00) and cash sum of Two Million Naira totaling N13,600,000.00) property of one Harish Sonani ‘M’ and thereby committed an offence punishable under Section 287 of the Criminal of Lagos State of Nigeria 2015.”
However, she pleaded not guilty.
The prosecutor, Inspector Lucky Ihiehie, asked the Court to give a date for hearing since she pleaded not guilty to enable the Police to prove that she actually committed the alleged offence.
The Presiding Magistrate, M. O. Tanimola, granted her bail in the sum of N500,000 with two sureties, who must show evidence of means of livelihood and tax payment, in like sum, while addresses will be verified by the Court.
The matter was adjourned to March 15, 2026 for mention, while the defendant was remanded in custody at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre in Lagos, pending when she will perfect her bail conditions.
