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Alleged Fraud: EFCC presents more evidence against singer Naira Marley

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Friday, July 15, presented more evidence against singer Azeez Fashola, better known as Naira Marley, in his ongoing trial.

The singer who appeared before Justice Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, is standing trial on an 11-count charge bordering on credit card fr@ud brought against him by the anti-graft agency.

Recall that at the last sitting on June 9, 2022, the defense counsel, Olalekan Ojo, objected to the witness’s opinion on the forensic evidence linking the defendant to credit card fr@ud. He had argued that only the court could make pronouncements on the defendant’s culpability, not an investigator.

At the resumed trial on Friday, Justice Oweibo delivered a short ruling in which he dismissed the defense’s objection.

According to him, “It is the duty of the law enforcement agency or police, charging a person to court to investigate if the defendant committed the crime or not.

The investigator must be able to link the defendant to the commission of the crime. The prosecutor must have made up his mind as to the involvement of the defendant before bringing the case to court. I do not agree that the prosecution has declared the defendant guilty.”

The judge thereafter adjourned the trial till September 26.

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