The Nigeria Police arraigned 3 Men For Impersonating the Lagos House of Assembly Speaker and defrauding innocent People to the sum of N9.1million through a FAKE FACEBOOK ACCOUNT.
Three young men have been arraigned before a Federal High Court in Lagos for allegedly stealing and defrauding people with the sum of N9.1m through a Fake Facebook Account in Rt. Hon. Mudashiru Obasa name, Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly.
Frank Nwokobia, 27; Ezeoke Kanayochukwu, 25; and Godwin Essien, 28, were arraigned by the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID) of the Lagos State Police Command before Justice Chuka Obiozor on a five-count charge of conspiracy, impersonation, and theft.
The three men were arrested at different locations in Delta State in May, were alleged to have hacked into the Facebook account of the Lagos Speaker and accessed series of personal information, which they used in defrauding people.
“We will also like to state here that it was reported by some online news agency that the suspects or accused withdrew the sum of N9.1million from his(Speakers Bank Account) account domiciled with Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB).”- This can not be confirmed)
Police prosecutor, Mr. Williams Olu Ologun, told the court that on arrest, the accused voluntarily made a statement admitting their involvement in a variety of cyber crimes.
The alleged offenses are contrary to Sections 27(1)(b) and 22(2)(b)(ii) of Cybercrimes Prohibition and Prevention Act, 2015. The three accused pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Following their not guilty pleas, their lawyer, Mr. Ali Abba, urged the court to admit them to bail in liberal terms, as they have credible sureties and that they will always be in court for their trial.
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