Azeez Fashola better known as Naira Marley will be back in court in October 22nd for the commencement of his fraud trial.
Naira Marley was arrested on his birthday, March 10th 2019 by operatives of EFCC on allegations of cyber crimes.
The alleged crimes were in contravention of the Money Laundering (Prohibition) Act and the Cyber Crimes Act, which the artiste risks seven years in jail if found guilty.
10 days after his arrest, Naira Marley was arraigned before Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos state.
He was granted bail on May 30th but he remained in custody for another two weeks as he couldn’t fulfill his bail conditions on time which at the time was ‘the sum of N2m ,two sureties in like sum.
The judge directed the EFCC to verify the bail terms and adjourned until October 22nd for the commencement of trial.
19 Comments
Dalene Ekirapa
(September 20, 2019 - 5:08 pm)I don’t know about Naira Marley but I can tell that cyber crimes , money laundering and fraud are vices that should be dealt with, irregardless of the person in question.
Gervin Khan
(September 20, 2019 - 5:12 pm)I don’t know anything about him but I believe that if you commit a crime you should be responsible and punish from it but of course trials will prove if he is guilty or not.
Sandra Joseph
(September 20, 2019 - 6:07 pm)The name Marley stood out to me but seems like there’s no relation to the Jamaican music family.
Celebrate Woman Today
(September 20, 2019 - 7:32 pm)Have no idea who he is and what he’s about. He made his choices from what I see.
Samar
(September 21, 2019 - 4:53 am)I was following the case from some time, I missed the track in between.
Thanks for the update.
Jasmine M
(September 21, 2019 - 5:10 am)I never heard about this story. Cyber fraud is a pretty high offense crime. I wonder what the outcome of the trial will be.
Kuntala Banerjee
(September 21, 2019 - 6:37 am)I am not aware of this news. Crime needs punishment in whatever form it is. World needs peace.
Olya AMANOVA
(September 21, 2019 - 8:09 am)I will research the information about that case and read more about it. Will see what punishment is awaiting for crimes like that.
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Stephanie Stebbins
(September 22, 2019 - 1:13 am)Thank you so much for the update!
Lasonia
(September 22, 2019 - 2:57 am)I don’t know much about this person or their case. If a crime was committed, then he or she should have to do the time.
Lyanna Soria
(September 22, 2019 - 11:18 am)Never heard of this person before. But I believe if someone does a crime then they should be punished accordingly.
Christopher Mitchell
(September 22, 2019 - 11:22 pm)I’m not sure who this is, but thanks for the heads up about all this! I hope the right thing is done in the end.
Bree
(September 23, 2019 - 4:17 am)I had no idea about this. It will be interesting to see how it plays out.
Bindu Thomas
(September 23, 2019 - 4:38 pm)Not been following this news. Any sort of crime needs to be punished for us to have a safe society to live in.
Chad
(September 23, 2019 - 10:55 pm)You know i had no idea all of this was going on, wow!!! Well let’s see where this is gonna end.
Kiwi
(September 27, 2019 - 6:45 am)It must really suck to go to jail on your birthday. This is serious and would like to know the follow up on this.
Elizabeth O
(October 4, 2019 - 6:12 am)All crimes should be dealt with in accordance to the law, no matter who is the accused.
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