Internet Fraud: Naira Marley Remanded in Prison Custody.

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, on May 20, 2019 charged a Nigerian artiste, Azeez Adeshina Fashola, otherwise called Naira Marley, before Justice Nicholas I. Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos on a 11-check charge verging on cybercrime. 


The litigant was captured on May 10, 2019, after insight report gotten by the Commission about his supposed inclusion in internet fraud.

One of the tallies peruses:

“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 litigant argued not blameworthy to the charges favored against him.

In perspective on his requests, the indictment counsel, Rotimi Oyedepo, approached the court for a preliminary date.


He additionally petitioned God for quickened knowing about the case and asked the court to remand the respondent in jail custody.

Advice to the respondent, Taiwo Oluwa Ore-Agba, approached the court for a date to hear the bail  application for sake his client.

Subsequently, Justice Oweibo deferred the case to May 30, 2019 and requested the respondent to be remanded in jail custody pending the knowing about the bail application.