ADDIDA MANAGER FORGES NYSC CERTIFICATE, DEFRAUDS SUPERMARKET OF N7M

Samson Oluwaseyi, the branch manager of a popular retail store, Addide has been arrested by the Lagos police for allegedly forging a discharge certificate of the National Youth Service Corps(NYSC) and a statement of result of the Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa.

The 36-year-old Gbongan, Osun State indigene, was alleged to have defrauded Addide of N7.79m during a 10-month period.


It was learnt that the fraud was detected during an audit of the company’s account.

In the company, managers usually deposited proceeds from sales in designated banks with the help of escorts.

Tellers of such transactions were then sent to the store’s head office at Gbagada.

The General Manager of Addide, Adeola Adeshina, alleged that Oluwaseyi usually deposited less than his actual sales and doctored the tellers to cover up the fraud.