The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the arrest of Naira Marley and Zlatan Ibile in connection with internet-related cases.
Both were arrested in Zlatan’s house in the early hours of Friday, May 10th and were taken to the EFCC office in Lagos for profiling.
It was speculated that the two musicians were arrested for their public comments glorifying cybercrime and their new song “Am I a yahoo boy?” released on Thursday.
Confirming their arrest, the acting EFCC spokesperson Tony Orilade in an interview with the media explained that the musician and his accomplices were arrested in order to establish their affiliations with internet fraudsters popularly called ‘yahoo yahoo’.
“Yes, he is with us,” he said. “He’s not the only person; he had some other persons also arrested alongside (him). They were arrested in relation to advance fee fraud — Internet-related cases and all of that. Give me a little time and I will get you the details.”
The anti-graft agency has since seized their laptops and phones to conduct forensics to determine their link to cybercrime.
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