Lagos Speaker, Mudasiru Obasa Swindled! …Details of how he lost N9.2m to Internet fraudsters

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Hon. Mudasiru Obasa
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Hon. Mudasiru Obasa

It’s not best of time for the Speaker of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa. He is currently in pain over the loss of N9.2m to internet fraudsters.

The accused were said to have hacked into the lawmaker’s facebook account, where they extracted vital information, which they subsequently used to withdraw funds from his bank account.

The police on Tuesday arraigned three suspected Internet fraudsters involved in the crime.

The defendants – Frank Nwokobia, Ezeoke Kanayochukwu and Godwin Essien – were arraigned before Justice Chuka Obiozor at the Federal High Court in Lagos.

The five charges pressed against them border on conspiracy, impersonation, identity theft, and fraud.

The prosecuting counsel for the police, Williams Ologun, told the court that the defendants acted contrary to the provisions of sections 27(1)(b) and 22(2)(b)(ii) of Cybercrimes Prohibition and Prevention Act, 2015.

He told the court that they were arrested at different locations in Delta State.

When the charges were read to them, however, the defendants pleaded not guilty.

Following an application by their lawyer, Mr. Ali Ada, Justice Obiozor admitted each of defendants to bail in the sum of N5m with one surety in like sum.

The judge said the surety must be resident in Lagos State, own a landed property in the state and must show evidence of tax payment in the last three years.

The judge said the bail terms must be verified by the Deputy Chief Registrar of the court.

He adjourned further proceedings in the case till September 8, 2017, and ordered that the defendants should be remanded in Ikoyi Prison pending the perfection of their bail conditions.

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