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The Economic and Financial Crime Commission has shown that it means business with Lagos-based siner, Naira Marley.
It will, on Monday, arraign him on a 11-count charge bordering on credit card fraud.
The commission said it was prepared to arraign the artiste (real name, Afeez Fashola) before a Federal High Court Lagos on 11-count charge bordering on cyber crimes.
EFCC acting spokesman, Mr Tony Orilade, disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Thursday.
In a copy of the chargemade available to the News Agency of Nigeria, the EFCC claimed that Marley committed fraud, among other alleged crimes.
The charge was signed by Rotimi Iseoluwa ESQ, I. A Mohammed ESQ, U. U Buhari ESQ and A. O Mohammed (Prosecuting Counsel),
The charge read, “That you Afeez Adeshina a. k. a Naira Marley, and Yad Isril (still at large) on or about 26th 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 Section 27 (1) (b) of the cyber crimes (Prohibition, Prevention, ECT) Act 2015 and punishable under Section 33(2) of the same Act.”
It is not clear yet whether or not the EFCC will arraign another singer, Zlatan, who was arrested alongside him, with two other persons.
Marley, a Nigerian artiste, has been speaking openly in defence of Internet fraud called Yahoo Yahoo.
EFCC to arraign Naira Marley on Monday

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