According to the latest report, Nigerian singer Azeez Fashola aka Naira Marley is not a first time offender as claimed by his lawyer in the ongoing case with the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission(EFCC).
In a Wednesday report by SaharaReporters, it was revealed that the singer was declared wanted by Lewisham Police, United Kingdom in 2014.
The singer is currently in a legal battle with EFCC for allegations bordering on involvement with advance fee fraud and cyber crime.
When the musician appeared at the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos on Monday, a member of his defence counsel, Taiwo Oreagba who represented his lead defence counsel, Olalekan Ojo had pleaded with Hon. Justice I.N Oweibo, the Judge presiding over the case that the singer was a first time offender.
However, a 2014 UK report published by London news website, Newsshopper on June 11th, Naira Marley, alongside four men were declared wanted by Lewisham Police for crimes ranging from robbery to sexual assault on a night bus.
Naira Marley who was 19-years-old at that time, was pictured in a black T-shirt and a swollen left eye in his mugshot and the caption that read:”Azeez Fashola, 19, is wanted by police in connection with an incident in Surrey Canal Road, New Cross on March 5.”
The singer has been remanded in prison custody until the 30th of May, when hearing for his bail application will hold.
ย …stop justifying fraud, cyber-crime, Foluke Daramola advises on the artiste’s saga
In light of the arrest and arraignment of Nigerian singer, Naira Marley on allegations of fraud and cyber crime, Nollywood actress, Foluke Daramola has appealed to Nigerians to desist from justifying the cyber crime.
In a video shared on her Instagram page this morning, Foluke said the fact that there is no money in circulation does not in anyway justify anyone committing fraud just to make money.
“Sometimes I wonder how our people think. One thing I want us to know is that two wrongs don’t make a right. Just because there is no money in the country, there is no work does not justify corruption, does not justify evil. Because our politicians are doing it does not make it right for us to do it. It is really sad when we try to paint bad as good. I donโt want to mention names and I am not going to tag anybody. We should under stand the implications, the depth of what we do.โ
