The trial of music artiste, Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, on 11 charges bordering on conspiracy, possession of counterfeit cards and fraud, resumed on Tuesday at the Federal High Court, Lagos.

A witness of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mr Augustine Anosike narrated how 2,410 short messages were extracted and analysed from the iPhone belonging to the musician.

Anosike told a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Tuesday that messages and credit card numbers were extracted from the phone of Naira Marley who is being prosecuted on 11-count charge of cyber fraud by EFCC.

After his testimony, the prosecutor informed the court that all the analysed messages were contained in a Compact Disc (CD) but that the prosecution had only printed out those portions which were material to its case.

The prosecutor then asked the court if he could be allowed to bring a projector for the purpose of playing the CD in the open court, so as to fully prove its cyber fraud case and discharge the burden placed on the prosecution and against the defendant.

The defence counsel, Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Olalekan Ojo did not have any objections to the request and the court allowed it.

Justice Nicholas Oweibo, therefore, adjourned till tomorrow, October 27, for the CD to be played.

The anti-graft agency had on May 14, 2019, preferred charge against the defendant, bordering on conspiracy, possession of counterfeit credit cards and fraud.

Fashola, who sang the popular song: “Am I a Yahoo Boy”, was consequently, arraigned on May 20, 2019 before Justice Nicholas Oweibo, but he pleaded not guilty.

The court had granted him bail in the sum of two million naira, with two sureties in like sum.