EFCC set to drag Naira Marley, Zlatan Ibile, others to court

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will charge the trio of Afeez Fashola aka Naira Marley, Omoniyi Temidayo Raphael aka Zlatan Ibile, Tiamiu Abdulrahman Kayode aka Rahman Jago and two others to court over an alleged case of internet fraud and money laundering.

The EFCC’s acting Head, Media and Publicity, Tony Orilade, in a statement on Sunday said the anti-graft agency plans to use information volunteered by the suspects to charge them to court. And that, until then, they will remain in detention.

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Recall that Orilade, in an earlier statement issued on Friday, said the suspects were picked up in “connection with alleged case of internet fraud and money laundering.

Meanwhile, reports say all the suspects who were arrested on Friday morning by the EFCC in connection with alleged cases of internet fraud and money laundering are still in detention.

According to reports, the singers were arrested along with three other suspects, Tiamiu Abdulrahman, Adewunmi Adeyanju and Musa Abubakar at 9, Gbangbola Street, Ikate, Lekki, Lagos, following an early morning raid based on “intelligence report” allegedly linking them to cybercrime offences.

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