Embattled musician, Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira
Marley who is currently in detention has granted an interview saying he has two
wives and four children who are all British citizens.
He said he is not a criminal and has no idea what the
Economic and Financial Crimes Commission found on his laptop. Naira Marley, 28,
said apart from storing his songs and music videos, he had never done anything
illegal with his laptop.
He said this in his statement on oath which he made while in
EFCC custody, which was obtained exclusively by Punch where he said;
“My name is Azeez Fashola. I am married to two wives and I
have four kids. They are all British citizens staying in the United Kingdom. I
studied in the United Kingdom, started studying at Porlock Hall, then I moved
to Walworth School where I received my GCSE.
“My results for my GCSE are English (C), Maths (B) and
Science (C). “I left Walworth School
with my qualification and went further to study at Peckham Academy, where I got
distinction in Business. Then, I went further to study at Crossways College
where I finished my Business Law; but I had kids at that time, so I took a
break and started making music till date.”
According to Naira
Marley, he did not own a laptop but was given one to use temporarily to upload
videos on YouTube. He said, “I started
making music in 2014 individually (sic), but now I’m signed to Marathon, a
United Kingdom-based record label. I had a deal with Coca-Cola for my song,
Issa Goal, in which I featured Olamide and Lil Kesh. I also had deals with Nike
to participate in the Nigerian sportswear (sic).
“I’m in possession of a MacBook laptop, which I borrowed
from a friend named Yad Isril in England, because while returning to Nigeria, I
knew I was going to need a laptop to upload my music videos on YouTube and also
to keep my exclusive songs. I’m in possession of the laptop but I have no idea
what is on it apart from my music videos.”
Naira Marley also said laptop had no password and could be
accessed by anyone. He claimed to have
met Isril in a secondary school in England. “He owns the butcher’s and an
electronics shop in England. He is a British citizen, though his family is from
Iraq. “I don’t have a personal laptop at
the moment because I don’t need it. “My
management team handles everything I need to do on the laptop. I only use my
iPhone X for everything I do,” he said.
