EFCC Slams Budding Artiste, Naira Marley With Credit Card Fraud

The EFCC has initiated an 11-count charge in a law suit, FHC/L/178C/19 filed before federal high court, Lagos against budding artiste, Azeez Fashola also known as Naira Marley for alleged credit card fraud. If found guilty of any of the offence, the upcoming singer risks up to 7 years jail term.

Having released his other partners, Omoniyi Temidayo Rapheal a.k.a ZlatanIbile, Tiamiu

Abdulrahman Kayode, aka Rahman Jago, Adewunmi Adeyanju Moses and Abubakar Musa, the anti graft body, EFCC had held back the popular budding artiste with a view that, he has case to answer.

The EFCC has finally come out to alleged that, Naira Marley was actually in possession of credit cards that didn’t belong to him. The artiste was found with some credit cards that bore names like, Nicole Louise Malyon, and Timea Fedorne Tatar.

The charge reads in part, “That you, Azeez Adeshina Fashola, a.k.a 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 No.: 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, a.k.a 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.”

He will be arraigned before Justice Nicolas Oweibo of Federal high court Lagos on Monday 20th of May.