Rapper Naira Marley seeks out-of-court settlement over alleged car theft

Nigerian streethop Rapper Naira Marley, has began negotiating an out-of-court settlement in the alleged car theft case filed against him and three others by the Police, TheNation reports

The talks between Naira Marley’s lawyers and that of the complainant, Mr Adelekan Ademola, have reportedly gone far.

If successful, the charges against the four defendants may be dropped at the next hearing of the case on January 14.

Marley’s two brothers Idris Fashola, 18; Babatunde Fashola, 24; and their cousin, Kunle Obere, 22, face a four-count charge of conspiracy, stealing, assault and obstructing the police from arresting Marley.

They were arraigned by the Police on December 16, before Chief Magistrate Tajudeen Elias of a Tinubu Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, but Marley, the fourth defendant.

The court granted the trio N500,000 bail each with two sureties in the like sum. Chief Magistrate Elias ordered the Investigative Police Officer (IPO) to produce Marley in court on December 31, 2019 so he can take his plea.

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