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Singer, Naira Marley, Pledges to Help People in Prison
Singer, Naira Marley who recently regained his freedom after being arrested and spending several weeks in the custody of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has now pledged to help others languishing in prison.
The “Am I A Yahoo Boy” crooner, had revealed that many people are imprisoned for crimes they may not have committed.
Naira Marley, who took to social media to share his thoughts, was arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in connection to cybercrime commonly known as “yahoo yahoo” wrote,
“I have to help a lot of people in prison. I met one guy, he has been in prison for nine years but never been to court, as in they haven’t even found him guilty yet. What if he is not even guilty?
“I met another person in jail. He’s been in prison for over two years because he is dating one very rich woman’s daughter and the woman actually locked him up for not leaving her daughter.
“I cannot change Nigeria, however, together we can.”
You’ll recall that Naira Marley’s apprehension came on the heels of his public support of “yahoo yahoo” after he took to his Instagram page to ask his followers to pray for internet fraudsters popularly known as yahoo boys.
According to Marley, whoever understands the history of slavery would definitely understand that yahoo boys are never criminals. He, however, went on to state that these yahoo boys should be prayed for and not prosecuted just because they make money circulate in the economy.
Marley was arrested together with Zlatan Ibile, and some others but Zlatan however, regained his freedom some few days after while singer Naira Marley remained in custody. He was later granted bail by the court in the sum of two million naira alongside two sureties of which one must be a landed property owner while the other a civil servant with a minimum grade of level 10.
Meanwhile, Naira Marley was later released after spending 35 days at the Ikoyi prison.
Dino Melaye and a former Senator at the Red Chambers bear his mind concerning his collections of automobiles.
Dino said, homosexuals spend so much money on same-sex, some hide their money in Switzerland, the occult buy blood for any amount while for him, he makes use of his money for what he loves which is to collect automobiles
Ajia Strauss, 28, from New Jersey on Thursday 13th February pleaded guilty to charges of conspiracy to defraud the US by being involved in a fake marriage.
She was brought before the Pittsburgh federal court where she confessed to entering into a fake marriage with a Nigerian man residing in Pittsburgh at that time so he could be a permanent resident
The Nigerian, 36-year-old Monsuru Ogunbiyi went back to Pennsylvania where he lived after the marriage was done in New Jersey on 3rd June 2016. Besides, in addition to paying Strauss $1,500 for the arranged marriage, they made false statements to citizenship and immigration services, staged loved up photos, falsified documents, opened a joint bank account, and claimed they lived together.
They were discovered when the Nigerian man, Ogunbiyi, applied for permanent residence in 2017. Also, SMS in which they talked about Strauss’s address and to know about each other before going on with the marriage.
The couple was arrested in July 2019 where the Nigerian man pleaded guilty to the same offense in December 2019. Ogunbiyi has already served two and a half months in jail and likely to be deported.
On the other hand, Strauss is expected to be sentenced in Pittsburgh on 3rd June. If found guilty, she could spend five years in prison and $250,000 fines.
A youth corps member in Kaduna State has been praised by the NYSC authorities for returning the excess allowance paid into his account.
He was paid N66,000 instead of his N33,000 allowance in January. However, he alerted his superiors to the errors.
This act of integrity has earned him commendations as he was brought before his colleagues as an exemplary corps member.
