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IamAtAnger:
U really looseguard... if I be you na to change location cos na everlasting stamp

I first avoid that group for 3 years 😄😅

AngelSlay:
You didn't eat that's why. Rule 1 of alcohol always eat before you take it alcohol

I ate oo, I was taking the alcohol while eating meat. I just think the combination of the drink was just too much, palmwine that's already diluted we now add skirt, legend beer and one other blue alcohol like this...

Olmautos:
And your Vomit go come dey smell Like 3Days Shit

All my cloth just soak eh, the vomit choke

Mubiola360:
you are an anti christ. You went against Jesus teachings. 😀

Lol

Omo Na like this them carry me the day I go drink palm wine mixed with monkey tail, skirt and legend beer. I slept for bare floor and was vomitting anyhow...

martinskelly:
Have you been doing this process right from the time you took over that role and if so you have no issues according to all what you just stated.

Take all the documents that was handed over to you including your inventory log book as your guilding shield except there is some sinister pattern going on that you ignored or noticed and did not report.

Wait a minute, who sends request for goods replenishment; you or the cashier?
And where do you forward goods replenishment request to and who receives the request for the purchase of goods?

The regional manager does the replenishment of goods.

westlius:
If you write now to mgt it’s kind of late.
Pray you not ropped in
Next always update ur records weekly so you can see when items are missing

Thank you so much for your input . The regional manager has been really moving to hold me responsible as the cashier is her sister thou I have not receive a query from her or hear from her...

martinskelly:
Do you have your own copies of issuance documents (request documents or any other documents you guys use) and receivables (copies like waybill, receipt, invoice) from the onset, i mean the day you started work.... This documents could be of help to you).

Do you people use bin cards or your own invented inventory log book?

Do you have any other persons working with you as an assistant?

How many cashiers/marketers do you guys have and who amongst the cashiers/ marketers brings request documents to you or is it cashiers that brings request documents in the form of payment slips for goods issuance to respective client ( some distribution outlets have cashiers deputising also as marketers)?

Are you the one that receives new goods and input it wherever you guys input new goods, i mean do you do GRN or just stack up new receivables in an inventory log book?

Do you guys do pay to process i mean " no credit facility" just cash and carry basis?
Some cashiers can be funny, I mean they could forge payment invoice/slip for there own personal gain if you are not smart and if you don't request a copy of payment invoice/slip as an evidence for issuance it could backfire seriously at you.
Also, some cashiers can alter there point of sales system to whatever suits them if the backup engineer or the IT personal is not smart or probably gives too much and unnecessary informations to the cashiers.

The solution is if you can answer those questions above then we are heading somewhere.

Note: I have worked in a big distribution outlets as chief sales officer so I know one or two things that can help.

- I have my own copy of issuance record I mean my note pad I use to note every issuance.
- I do not have copies of waybill as it is the cashier that sign it while I'll be the one to receive the new goods
- the cashier issued me a triplicate copies of every sales invoice. I've them all in my disposal.
- we do not use bin card, we only use an invented inventory log book.
- we only have one cashier and she brings request documents to me for release of goods.
- I do not have an assistant.
- we do credit facility for our van sales reps.
- I am the one that receives by counting new goods in all storage areas while the cashier sign the waybill as the receiver. After receiving new goods, we just write it in the inventory log.

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franvincoop:
Happy Sunday bro.
I am not angry ooo just have to put myself in the shoes of the proprietor and give it to you raw.

Now let me explain why it's more likely than not, that you are a thief.
Some of the basic principles for determination of guilt/innocence necessitate the scrutiny of alibi, intention, action, inaction, motive and plausible deniability.

I put it to you that you are guilty of theft because you started work without requesting for a stock count.
Who does that except for someone waiting to use this excuse later?
Moreover, you took salary for 8 months as a storekeeper with zero stock count?
What were you really doing there?
Furthermore, even when the stock was eventually counted after 8 months, you the "storekeeper" did not have a single idea of the products "in the store of which you are the keeper".

Ignorance is not an excuse before the law,
Imagine yourself a bank teller and the bank manager gives you an envelope in the morning and tells you it's your daily cash 100 million for customer withdrawal.
Wise one, What's the first thing you do then?
You count the cash and confirm the 100 million before you start paying out to clients.
If you start paying to clients before counting, all later stories na cartoon.
This application na universal even if na your Papa give you the money.
Bro, so if somebody give you 1 million cash now truly, tell me, wetin be your first instinct?
To count to confirm if it's complete or to spend?
In addition to that, a contract can be both verbal or written, so your excuse of formal signed onboarding

So therefore, your guilt started when you involved yourself in a continuing criminal enterprise and it would be wise of you to immediately get a better understanding of the previous storekeeper and why he left and you might as well be shocked.
Nevertheless, the fact that you started on day 1 as a storekeeper without knowing your stock and even till today you still don't know what you are keeping makes you guilty either by naivety (not negligence cuz u don't know shit about stock keeping)
or by AGGRAVATED theft, wilful action.

Let me tell you, why I would go for wilful action, you are a very intelligent individual, your initial submission shows a level of intelligence, that is intelligent enough to start day 1 with a piece of paper, taking stock of products and confirming it.
But this wise man took salary for 8 months, I'd find you guilty and order restitution of that 8 months salary cuz you were stealing and not working.
On what basis can you justify your 8 months salary? What stock, what products?
Sorry but you were on vacation for 8 months, here is the result now.
Even if you were not stealing alone, it is immaterial unless you can implicate the cashier because you are the storekeeper and for every single day you spent on vacation, you failed to check the stock in your keeping twice daily which would have let you catch the theft.
That thief can only be you, only you have the motive, alibi, opportunity, fake naivety, inaction, intent and intelligence to commit this theft and still have plausible deniability in this situation because the keys were not with you but with cashier and you were not in control of the security.
That theft was done with those same transport used to distribute those products, aggravated theft I said, wilful act,
Cashier receives cash for 100 pallets and the storekeeper loads the transport with 120 pallets and everyone gets a cut.
So leave security at night as nothing was stolen at night, there was no break and entry, intentional daylight robbery.
The cashier is the keeper of the cash while you are the keeper of the store.
If you did your job, you were supposed to have known and declared that products are missing immediately the day after the theft.
If you refused to do your job, you were profiting from the theft.
When cash is missing we will talk to cashier but now is product in the warehouse that are missing, so it's you Mr. Storekeeper.
For the fact that you took salary for 8 months and never weighed your liability, impact and implication if products were to go missing, shows that it was in your best interest for a stock not to be taken because you neither requested any when you commenced work nor did you take any daily stock.
This alone is where the law will break a bone.
If they put you in the box and give you a 1 page document to read, with 10 points about the roles and responsibilities of a storekeeper and when you finish reading it out loud and you were asked 10 questions on those same 10 points about the roles and responsibilities of a storekeeper vis a vis your job, you will answer "NO "10 times in a very shaky audible voice and descend that box with the highest humiliation of your life.


All this said and done, there might still be a feeling that you might really be a fall guy and really be innocent and the cashier and/or the loading labor/transport are playing a fast one on you, but the bar to prove this will be very high.
Does the warehouse have CCTV?
Can you prove this same thing has happened before? To the former storekeeper or the one before him?
The bar to prove your innocence is very high with limited time especially when management has lost Goods and might want you in prison before any discussion.

Your options,
Repay what is lost and avoid prison
Negotiate to pay with % of salary
Don't say a word and lawyer up asap.
If all this is not possible for you, better japa go another State asap.


If you would like to stay and fight, Good luck.


This long explanation is not only for OP, but those of whom, many are in prison today claiming they are innocent like that banker who refused to count his 100 million naira cash.
Who went to prison because of sheer naivety, educated but naive,the wise thieves, those who think because others have crossed the bridge, they can also cross and just then shit hits the fan.

Good luck to OP but try to settle or vanish even if innocent.
Don't stand and fight even if innocent, prisons are overcrowded but space still dey.

You are so on point and I appreciate ur reversal of your fowl words. I am sure u didn't read through my post very. Stock count was only not done for 6 months because the warehouse was very small and stocks were arranged and piled up so no space to count at all so the regional manager relax when stocks will be out of the warehouse a bit. I started working in October but in March, a stock count was done between myself and the regional manager. The figure counted for each stocks was never documented and transferred to me through a signed agreement but was only communicated verbally that stock count was done, this was never the standard I know. Another point is that some stock were
never rearranged before counting so we can be sure of the actual figures cos the regional manager instructed we spot check a certain stock which I am having variance with currently. So since the stock count in March I have been taking my stock adequately. The previous storekeeper left with a debt of 2M and the StoreKeeper before that one made away with 3.6M...
I am also very concerned about the key in the possession of the cashier cos the regional manager has eluded her and wanted to push the variance on me cos I hold the title of the StoreKeeper.

Crunchy12:
Let me be direct: you are being set up as a scapegoat, and you need to fight back — strategically and immediately.
Here is my honest, frank assessment:

You Are in a Significantly Strong Position
The company's case against you is riddled with procedural failures that, in any fair tribunal or court, would severely undermine their ability to hold you liable. Here's why:
1. No formal assignment = No formal accountability
You cannot be held to the standards of a role you were never officially given. Accountability follows documented authority. If they never gave you a letter of appointment, job description, or formal onboarding into the Storekeeper role, they essentially never gave you the legal responsibility that comes with it. You were performing duties informally — that is their negligence, not yours.
2. The keys issue is potentially your strongest defense
This is critical. Custody of keys is not a minor administrative detail — it is the primary instrument of control over warehouse stock. The fact that the cashier held the keys and took them home daily means that at any given moment, stock could have been accessed, moved, or manipulated without your knowledge or presence. You cannot be accountable for inventory you did not have exclusive, secured access to. Full stop.
3. No stock count for 6 months is a red flag — against them
A responsible company conducts regular stock counts precisely to identify and isolate variances early. The 6-month gap is a massive operational failure on management's part. That delay makes it virtually impossible to pinpoint when the variance occurred, who was responsible, or even whether the variance existed before you arrived.
4. No signed documentation of the stock count = No valid baseline
A stock count that was never formally communicated, documented, or signed off is essentially inadmissible as evidence against you. You cannot be held accountable for a discrepancy derived from a process you were not formally made part of.

What You Should Do — Right Now
Immediately:

Write a detailed, dated memo to HR and your line manager (or Regional Manager) formally restating all your concerns — no formal appointment, no job description, no key custody, no documented stock count. Put it in writing. Email is best, so there is a timestamp.
Do not sign anything that suggests you accept responsibility for the variance.
Do not make any verbal admissions, even casually. Anything you say can and will be used against you.

Collect evidence:

Any messages (WhatsApp, email, etc.) showing you raised concerns about your role or access.
Any witness who can confirm the cashier held the keys.
Records showing you were never formally onboarded.

Seek legal advice urgently:

Consult a labor lawyer or employment attorney as soon as possible, especially given the threat of "pressing charges." In many jurisdictions, pressing criminal charges for stock loss without evidence of personal culpability or theft is extremely difficult — but you need a professional to assess your specific legal environment.
Contact your country's labor commission or equivalent body. What has been done to you — holding you accountable for a role you were never formally assigned — may itself constitute an unfair labor practice.


My Bottom Line
The Regional Manager is attempting to transfer the consequences of management's operational failures onto you. The lack of formal appointment, the absence of key custody, the undocumented stock count, and the 6-month delay are not your failures — they are the company's. You did not create this vulnerability; they did.
Do not be intimidated into silence or guilt. Protect yourself assertively, document everything going forward, and get legal counsel. You have more to stand on than they want you to believe.

Note: This is my strong opinion based on the facts as presented. I am not a lawyer, and this does not constitute formal legal advice. Please consult a qualified legal professional for guidance specific to your jurisdiction.

Thank you for this details input. I do really appreciate. I am sending a mail to the HR while I cc the regional manager.

Love800:
You do the storekeeper in a restaurant?

Distributor of flour mill

naija1stnigar:
haa! Bro am very sorry to say this, you self no try o, how can you be in a warehouse and not take stocks for a whooping 8 months!!! Isn't there a tracking software on the computer to receive and dispatch goods? Once you receive any goods physically, you validate them and you make sure that what you have on your system tallies with your physical stock, anytime you receive, you must count to make sure it is correct before you validate, inventory Job is not a baby Job o, If you loose guard you go enter gbese o!! I just hope you find a solution to this, but don't let it happen next time.... Wish you the best.

Thank you for your input. I will be alerted all time from now...

mctech:
Exactly. They may have colluded to steal company goods while setting you up to be the fall guy.

This is unfair...

westlius:
Pls don’t always use the line the cashier is always with the keys


Let me give you a senecio
Am an Accountant (chartered in the making)
My younger sis got a job as an inventory officer, she experienced the same tin you are taking
I told her to always check her stock level and do a follow up with her books, as she does it regularly, and signs on them,
She notice stealing, shortage of goods, she spoke with the MD she shared are books with him, investigation begin quietly and the culprit was caught who holds the key.


Can I also shock you security can get assess to your store and move items when it’s late light, and when you don’t check your records periodically, the stealing will be much and it will be all wired back to you

Thank you so much. Are you now advising I should not write to the management but keep updating my books and records..?!

martinskelly:
This is where your problem started from, even the cashier can pin his/her own negligence on you.

Store keeping is a very delicate and complex job on its own, it's also a porous job if proper bookkeeping is ignored.

See, there books have been compromised things have gone bad without proper checks and balances.
The least you could have done when you first accepted the role was to have gotten record of the closing and opening stock before proceeding, THAT IS THE BASIS.

You're absolutely right, what's the way out going forward.

femi4:
You cannot reasonably be held solely liable where you had no formal appointment, no documented stock handover, and no exclusive control of the warehouse.

Put your position in writing immediately. State the lack of role clarity, shared access (cashier holding keys), and absence of signed stock records.

For you to be liable, you should have FULL control of the warehouse

Cc the management

Thank you for your input

AllBlack:
You see all these things you wrote here?
I hope you have not been saying them in public to the hearing of your co-workers (snakes among them).

Don't say anything. Keep a lawyer informed about everything and Be patient. Let the company play their card and then you strike back with a proper punch. Sue them for enough money to last you for at least 2 years.

fear not. we have been here before.

Thank you for your input

mctech:
Exactly. They may have colluded to steal company goods while setting you up to be the fall guy.

They have no right to do that. This is wickedness

Lukuluku69:
It is a tough ask really.

1. You don't have a base stock to work on to start with. That's a huge minus. There are ways you can work back via invoices with the stock you received and the ones you issued out but you will need a definite base stock to be able to know what is left after the out goings and incomings. You don't have that simply because you never took stock when you came in. Very bad.

That said, you can still work on the Incomings and outgoings while you are in charge with your Records (Logs, Invoices etc.

Also, you can ask to look at the records at the Head 9ffice for supplies sent to your end within the period you are there and also, 2-3 months before you arrived.

If they are not hiding anything, they should avail you of those records.

Legally? I don't know much about that but try as much as you can by getting the records (of your tenure at least) set that one straight then let the dispute be only on the record/stock YOU ALL did not take records of.

Good luck

Thank you for your input

Bittersweetnig:
You have no case here as you are not In custody of the warehouse key and security

Thank you for your input

holyDaniel:
Let's me start like this,
First, it's very difficult not to see variance after stock count especially when you are controlling a large inventory.
Secondly, as a store keeper the responsibility of every stock in the warehouse is on you and you should be held accountable for any thing that's happened to any stock, that is why you should have been doing regular stock count without being told.
Thirdly, if you can explain what causes the variance you are free but if you can't explain then accept the blame. Thanks

Thank you for your input

Evangelisttj:
I have been an HR for 8 years in Nigeria and I can tell you that documentations that you have and can have from here on out are the only things that can help you in this case. What you’ve described shows clear gaps in process and control.

In practice, accountability for stock typically requires:
Formal role assignment
Clear handover/stock count records
Sole or controlled access to the warehouse

From your explanation, none of these were properly in place, which weakens the basis for holding you solely responsible.
That said, in Nigeria, employers may still try to enforce accountability regardless of these gaps.

What you should do now:
Document everything (messages, instructions, timelines)
Put your concerns in writing (email/letter)
Avoid signing any document admitting liability without proper review
If possible, seek legal advice

Also, the issue of the cashier holding warehouse keys is a major control breach and should be highlighted.

Stay calm, be factual, and protect yourself with documentation.

Thank you so much for your input. The cashier holding the key is a major concern as her husband even does the same business as the company and he buys from us. Why would the regional manager allow such arrangement.

nurudeen181:
It's more like you already know they have nothing on you. It's an empty threat jyst to make you spill. Or lets say they already see vulnerability in you so they think you'll confess to atleast an attempt to steal or maybe you see someone doing it. As you claimes not to have the keys and not to have full control over the stock, is there no security in the place? You have nithing to worry about. Let them go anywhere they want to go, let them press charges, avoid saying anything about the incident with others who you work with so that you can see ckearly those who might come forward as witnesses against you. Study every other person to your defense on the matter. Then if they make the mistake of going to court, you can use those things to back up in uour defense without a lawyer, then after you can request for your own lawyer. Make sure they pay for damages too. That place is not the type to stay.

Thank you for your input.

ridwintin89:
If you are the only storekeeper in that place.

The variance would be called on you.

Your mistake was working blindly without knowing the implications.

You don't just received or issued out inventory without proper control.

You sound educated but this is ignorant.

Your explanation shows you knew the right process but refused to indulge in it.

Storekeeper is accountable for inventory in their care.

Your only defense is to play ignorant of the process.

Just present yourself as a store runners whose responsibility is to receive or issue inventory.

Don't say you are not accountable,just say what you do was based on instructions to receive or issue out.

You're absolutely right, I know the process but I was waiting on the concerned authority to release full security of stock in my care which never happened. I have always wondered as a Storekeeper I do not have the full control of the storage area where the cashier has to be in charge of the warehouse key.
I'll do as advised my only defense is to declare I was instructed on only what to receive and what to issue out. Thanks for your input.

DeepSight:
1. Request fair hearing - it is your legal right under labor laws.

2. Put all your concerns in writing and copy Human Resources, Legal & Compliance, your immediate supervisor and the MD/ CEO.

3. Prepare to engage a lawyer.

4. Ensure that you keep records of all communication on this matter and if there is an interview/ disciplinary hearing ask that it is recorded and record it as well for yourself.

Thank you for your input

franvincoop:
You are a thief.
Just prepare for watery beans or take that money japa to another State.
The way you laid out the specific guidance you need, shows a level of Intelligence to steal with plausible deniability

I get why you’re angry, but throwing accusations without proof doesn’t make them true.
If you actually have facts, present them properly. If not, it’s better to hold back than to make claims you can’t defend. I’ve been clear about my position, and I stand on it.

Onegai:
You need a lawyer, don't make a fuss but if they're refusing to listen, quietly hire one. The lawyer doesn't need to interact with them for now, but needs to advise you.

Your employment process wasn't straightforward and you have to be able to prove that store room keys weren't in your possession and previous stocktaking didn't include you.

It kinda looks like you've been set up to take the fall for another person's theft. I don't want to jump to conclusions but my instincts say so

I also figured that out why will someone recording transactions be the one in possession of the warehouse key i.e the cashier while her husband does the same kind of business with the company. The husband buys stock from us. This is totally flawed...

YOUNGELDER1:
You thief abi abi you no thief?

Some of you are too blunt on this space

njokuuche77:
You actually have a strong case.
In inventory management, responsibility follows control. You didn’t have:
* Formal role assignment
* Proper stock handover
* Sole access to the warehouse (cashier had the keys)
* Signed stock count records

So it’s hard to hold you fully accountable.
No stock count for 6 months is already a company control failure, not just your issue.
Put your concerns in writing, don’t sign anything accepting liability, and if needed, seek legal advice.
They can’t push a system failure on one person.

Thank you for your input

Lukuluku69:
I have been working with a distribution company for about 8 months, performing duties in the capacity of a Storekeeper. However, during my first 6 months on duty, no stock count was conducted. When a stock count was eventually carried out, no variance was communicated to me, and the process was not formally documented or signed.

If indeed the above is true, then everyone concerned goofed and more importantly YOU.

Either way this is diced, you are 8n a whole, 8 months is a long time to have taken a proper stock of what you are looking after in the store.

It seems you are set up for this fall from that statement alone.

What do you think should be my way out.

bassdow:
@Niceguy0004, take the above and also change your userName as it's part of ya problem. na Nice Guys dey suffer pass.

meanWhile, after this issue is settled, would suggest you take whatEver lessions you learnt there and start looking for another Job. Say dem fail to Nail you today, doesn't mean they would give up easily. You don't even know what reason(s) actually made the previous person leave. ignore whatEver reasons they told you except you hear directly from the previous staff's mouth

Thank you for your input meanwhile my username doesn't reflect my personality lol

Gotocourt:
Hold the cashier responsible, dont sleep on this. You might be jailed.


Avoid one man business.

Thank you for your input.