''Ole gbe ole gba '' ! Three men remanded in prison for allegedly stealing N9.2m from Lagos Speaker

The Federal high court in Lagos has sent 3 men to Ikoyi prison for theft of N9.2 million, belonging to Lagos State House of Assembly speaker, Mudashiru Obasa.

The men, Frank Nwokobia, 27, Ezeoke Kanayochukwu, 25, and Godwin Essien, 28, were charged by the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), of the Lagos State Police Command, Panti-Yaba, of the Nigerian Police Force and arraigned on Wednesday, August 9, 2017.

The trio allegedly conspired to hack the Facebook account of the speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly and also gained access to his account at Guaranty Trust Bank, where they stole his N9,188,100.
The men were all arraigned before Justice Chuka Obiozor, on a five-count charge of conspiracy, impersonation, and theft.
The police prosecutor, Barrister Williams Olu Ologun informed the court that the three accused were arrested in Delta State, after Obasa, petitioned the police that his Facebook account had been hacked into and that the sum of N9.188,100 million had been withdrawn from his account by unidentified individuals.

Ologun also stated that upon the arrest of the accused, they voluntarily made statement admitting being into cybercrime business.

The offences alleged to have been committed by the accused persons are contrary to sections 27(1)(b) and 22(2)(b)(ii) of Cybercrimes Prohibition and Prevention Act, 2015.
The three accused pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Justice Chuka Obiozor, admitted the accused to bail in the sum of N5 million with one surety each.

The surety must be recommended by their lawyer, who must be resident of Lagos State, with landed property and three years tax payment. - Daily Post