Embattled rapper, Azeez Fashola,
aka Naira Marley, was arraigned at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos this
morning to face 11 charges bordering on fraud against him for alleged credit
card fraud.
He was remanded in EFCC custody
till May 30th pending his bail application.
Read the full statement below by
EFCC:
The Economic and Financial Crimes
Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on May 20, 2019, arraigned a Nigerian
artiste, Azeez Adeshina Fashola, also known as Naira Marley, before Justice
Nicholas I. Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on an
11-count charge bordering on cybercrime.
.
The defendant was arrested on May
10, 2019, following intelligence report received by the Commission about his
alleged involvement in internet fraud.
One of the counts reads: “That
you, Azeez Adeshina Fashola, aka Naira Marley, and Yad Isril (still at large),
on or about the 26th day of November,
2018, within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, conspired amongst
yourself to use Access card no : 5264711020433662 issued to persons other than you in a bid to obtain gain and you
thereby committed an offence contrary to Section 27(1) (b) of the Cybercrime
Prohibition, Prevention etc Act 2015 and punishable under Section 33(2) of the
same Act.”
The defendant pleaded not guilty
to the charges preferred against him.
In view of his pleas, the
prosecution counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, asked the court for a trial date.
He also prayed for accelerated
hearing of the case and urged the court to remand the defendant in prison
custody.
.
Counsel to the defendant, Taiwo
Oluwa Ore- Agba, asked the court for a date to hear the bail application on
behalf of his client.
Consequently, Justice Oweibo
adjourned the case to May 30, 2019, and ordered the defendant to be remanded in
prison custody pending the hearing of the bail application.
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