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EFCC presents more evidence again singer Naira Marley
<h4><span style="font-size: 16px;">The Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) has presented more evidence against singer Naira Marley as his trial on continued on, July 15, 2022.</span></h4>
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<p><span style="font-size: 16px;">The First Time American crooner stood before Justice I. Nicholas Oweibo of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos with a prosecuting witness, Dein Whyte.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 16px;">Naira Marley is standing trial on an 11-count charge bordering on credit card fraud brought against him by the EFCC.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 16px;">According to the antigraft agency, the more evidence laid on him, was that some electronic tools Naira Marley used for accessing compromised credit card information was found on the laptop of the defendant.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 16px;">A statement by the anti-graft agency read, “At the last sitting on June 9, 2022, the defence counsel, Olalekan Ojo SAN, had objected to the witness’s opinion on the forensic evidence linking the defendant to credit card fraud.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 16px;">“He had argued that only the court could make pronouncements on the defendant’s culpability, not an investigator.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 16px;">&#8220;At the resumed trial today, Justice Oweibo delivered a short ruling in which he dismissed the defence’s objection;</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 16px;">“It is the duty of the law enforcement agency or police, to charge 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.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 16px;">“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 ruled.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 16px;">His case was adjourned till September 26.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-size: 16px;">, an operative of the EFCC continuing his evidence even as the court dismissed the defendant’s objection to the forensic evidence earlier presented by the witness.</span></p>