Naira Marley arriving court premises on Monday, May 20, 2019.
A Federal
High Court sitting in Lagos has ordered the remand in prison custody of hip hop
artist, Azeez Fashola popularly known as Naira Marley.
Justice Nicholas Oweibo on
Monday ordered his remand after his arraignment before the court on 11 counts
of alleged credit card fraud.
The
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) had filed the charge against
him on Tuesday, May 14.
When
the counts were read to him, Naira Marley pleaded not guilty.
The
court fixed May 30 for arguments on his application for bail.
Count one of the charge
reads: “That you, Azeez Adeshina Fashola, aka Naira Marley, and Yard Isril
(still at large), on or about the 26th day of November 2018, within the jurisdiction
of this honourable court, conspired amongst yourselves to use access card
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 Cyber
Crimes (Prohibition, Prevention etc) Act 2015 and punishable under Section
33(2) of the Same Act.
“If
convicted on the charge, the musician shall be liable 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.”
