According to PUNCH, the suspect was spotted fleeing with the money, which was reported to be the total sales for Wednesday, March 16, 2022, on the company’s closed-circuit television camera.

Emeka, who had lately taken over as a sales representative, was claimed to have vanished with the cash before the store closed.

The incident was reported to the Mile 12 Police Station by the firm.

It was learned that the suspect left his phone at home without a SIM card and fled to Ibadan, Oyo State, where his phone number was traced.

She said, “My husband met Emeka at a restaurant where he worked and he later introduced his friend, Victor, to my husband and pleaded to work with us.

“He called my husband on the phone after one month that he had lost his job at the restaurant and pleaded for employment, so we accepted and got him employed in our bakery.

“About two weeks after, Emeka asked if he could live in the bakery’s lodge because he had accommodation issues and we accepted him.

“Our sales representative had just resigned, so we asked Emeka to take over the position pending the time he would perfect all documentation process that included his guarantor’s form since he wasn’t employed directly to handle sales.

“Meanwhile, his friend, Victor, had earlier warned my husband to be careful with him because he stole money where they worked together. But my husband thought it was wrong for Victor to misrepresent his friend.

“On March 16, 2022, around 5.48pm, according to the CCTV camera in the office, Emeka ran away with the company’s total sales for the day, leaving behind his phone without a SIM card.”

The Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundenyin, confirmed the incident.

He said, “We found out that there was no guarantor on record for the suspect which is very important and that is why we advise Nigerians to do proper findings of their prospective employees.

“The presented guarantors can also be registered with the Police’ First Criminal Investigation Department Registry which will discourage such staff from committing crime and makes it easy to carry out an investigation when necessary. But the investigation is still ongoing and the culprit will soon be tracked down.”