EFCC files 11 count charges against Naira Marley
Upcoming musician Azeez Fashola, aka Naira Marley have been dragged to a Lagos
State high court on 11 count charges bordering on fraud against, for alleged
credit card fraud. with suit number FHC/L/178C/19 by The Economic and Financial
Crimes Commission
The musician effectively risks seven years in jail if found guilty, as
Section 33 (2) which he was accused of breaching, reads: “Any person who
uses: a counterfeit access device; an unauthorised access device; an access
device issued to another person; resulting in a loss or gain commits an offence
and shall be liable on conviction to imprisonment for a term of not more than
seven years or a fine of not more than N5,000,000.00 and forfeiture of the
advantage or value derived from his act.
Some of the credit cards, according to the EFCC, bore the names- Nicole
Louise Malyon, and Timea Fedorne Tatar.
The alleged crimes were in contravention of the Money Laundering
(Prohibition) Act and the Cyber Crimes Act.
The charges read in part, “That you, Azeez Adeshina Fashola, aka Naira
Marley, and Raze (still at large), on or about the 11th day of December 2018,
within the jurisdiction of this honourable court, conspired amongst yourselves
to use Access card 42658840359191132 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 Cyber Crimes (Prohibition, Prevention etc) Act 2015 and
punishable under Section 33(2) of the Same Act.
“That you, Azeez Adeshina Fashola, aka Naira Marley, and Raze (still at
large), on or about the 10th day of May 2019, within the jurisdiction of this
honorable court, with intent to defraud possessed, counterfeit card
4921819410257431 issued to Timea Fedorne Tatar and you thereby committed an
offence contrary to and punishable under Section 33(9) of Cyber Crimes
(Prohibition, Prevention etc) Act 2015.”
The artiste has been enmeshed in controversy in the last one month following
his decision to openly support online fraud commonly called ‘Yahoo Yahoo.’
He was arrested last Friday along with four
others, including his bosom friend, Zlatan Ibile
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