Judge's Absence Stalls Naira Marley's Trial

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The trial of musician, Azeez Fashola, also known as Naira Marley, was on Tuesday stalled due to the absence of the trial judge, Justice Nicholas Oweibo.

No reason was given for the absence of Justice Oweibo, who sat for four weeks during the court’s annual vacation and no new trial date has been fixed.

Naira Marley is standing trial on an 11-count charge bordering on money laundering and internet fraud preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission .The court then granted him bail for N2 million with two sureties in like sum. According to the EFCC, the defendant committed the offences on different dates between November 26, 2018, and December 11, 2018, as well as May 10, 2019.

The commission alleged that Naira Marley and his alleged accomplices conspired to use different Access Bank ATM cards to defraud their victims. The anti-graft agency alleged that the defendant used a bank credit card issued to another person, in a bid to obtain fraudulent financial gains.

 

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