Naira Marley’s Management denies his involvement in fraud, claims the laptop found with him was borrowed

Naira Marley’s management has released its official statement after the singer was arrested for his alleged involvement with cybercrime last week.

He was arrested on his birthday alongside fast rising Nigerian rapper, Zlatan Ibile and his crew Tiamiu Abdulrahman Kayode, Adewunmi Adeyanju Moses, and Abubakar Musa.

Zlatan and his crew have since been released on administrative bail while Naira Marley is still in detention after overwhelming evidence was found against him.

His management released a statement today stating that Naira Marley is in no way in support of cybercrime but admitted that the singer went too far with his recent social media outburst.
They also claimed that the implicating Laptop found on the singer does not belong to him and they are asking that he shouldn’t be prosecuted for such a mistake.

Read the full statement below.

In other news,

TheCable obtained the list of shareholders, who now own billions in the second biggest company on the Nigerian Stock Exchange. While the MTN Nigeria is still controlled by MTN Group, the parent country, some notable Nigerians hold billions in the telecommunications company. Here’s a full list of those who own MTN Nigeria as at May 17, 2019.

SHAREHOLDER VALUE IN NAIRA PERCENTAGE HOLD

MTN International Limited N1.68 trillion 76.08
Stanbic IBTC Asset Management Limited N213.7 billion
Mobile Telephone Network N60.95 billion 2.75
Government Employees Pension Fund N38.69 billion 1.75
Victor Odili N87.87 billion 3.96
Pascal Dozie N37.07 billion 1.67
Sani Mohammed Bello N28.87 billion 1.30 Babatunde Folawiyo N23.83 billion 1.08 Gbenga Oyebode N19.80 billion 0.89
Ahmed Dasuki N19.35 billion 0.87
Karl Olutokun Toriola N100.10 million 0.005