Linus Akomolafe
A forensic analyst, Augustine Anosike, on Wednesday, displayed a 51,933 page analysis of the iPhone used by Nigerian rapper, Azeez Fashola a.k.a Naira Marley for alleged cyber fraud.
Mr. Anosike is the second witness for the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in the trial of Naira Marley, who is facing an 11 count- charge, bordering on conspiracy, possession of counterfeit credit cards as well as fraud.
The anti-graft agency had gotten him arraigned on May 20, 2019 before Justice Nicholas Oweibo, but he pleaded not guilty to the charges leading to his bail with the sum of two million naira and two sureties in like sum.
Anosike had told the court on Tuesday how they discovered a total of 977 Short Message Service (SMS) and 1433 chat messages,with seven pending status update messages from his iphone.
The court also granted the prosecution permission to display a CD in a projector containing full analysis of Naira Marley’s iPhone.
He told the court that the CD which was displayed contained 51,933 pages of the analysis conducted on Naira Marley’s device.
EFCC stressed that Naira Marley possessed counterfeit credit cards belonging to different people, with intent to defraud which amounted to theft which contravene the provisions of Sections 1 23 (1) (b), 27 (1) and 33(9) of Cyber Crime (Prohibition) Prevention Act, 2015.
Meanwhile, the court adjourned the trial to Nov. 30, Dec. 13, and Dec. 14.
