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Mohbad’s Dad Asks Court To Override DPP’s Advice Exonerating Naira Marley, Others In Son’s Death

by Olugbenga Soyele
6 months ago
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Joseph Aloba, the father of the late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad has urged a Lagos State High Court in Ikeja to nullify the legal advice, decisions, and recommendations made by the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) on police investigation into the murder of his son.

Aloba is asking the court to declare as unlawful the Magistrate Ejiro Kubenje’s decision to discharge and acquit four suspects including Abdulazeez Fashola (alias Naira Marley), Samason Balogun Eletu (a.k.a. Sam Larry), Owoduni Ibrahim (a.k.a. Prime Boy), and Pere Babatunde, based on legal advice.

The applicant suing for himself and on behalf of the Aloba family, joined the Lagos State Attorney General, Lawal Pedro (SAN), and the Director of Public Prosecutions, Dr Babajide Martins, as respondents in the suit marked ID/6197MJR/2025.

Aloba, through his lawyer, Dr Wahab Shittu (SAN), based his suit on three main grounds which include a claim that he was denied a fair hearing under Section 36 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria.

He also argued that the DPP’s legal advice pre-empts the ongoing Coroner’s inquest proceedings and that key suspects mentioned in those proceedings have allegedly been freed due to the DPP’s recommendations.

In an 18-paragraph affidavit attached to the suit, the Applicant averred that the death of his son on September 11, 2023 was both unnatural and suspicious.

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He stated that this prompted him to petition for an inquest into the circumstances surrounding Mohbad’s death and that the inquest was referred to the Coroner’s court under suit No: COR/IKD/10/2023, where proceedings commenced on September 29, 2023, and have not yet been concluded.

Aloba alleged that while the Coroner’s proceedings were still ongoing, on February 26, 2025, Magistrate Kubenhe of the Yaba Magistrate Court discharged and acquitted the four suspects based on an undated legal advice from the respondents.

He further maintained that the suspects, who have been discharged and acquitted, were involved in the Coroner’s proceedings and have been summoned, but were yet to appear to provide evidence regarding their roles in the death of the deceased.

The applicant claimed that the police, through ASP Mohammed Yusuf from the State Criminal Investigation Department (CID), and the respondents, represented by their senior counsel, George, participated in the Coroner’s proceedings.

He stated that the police submitted their findings to the respondents without informing the Coroner’s court. Despite the Coroner’s ongoing inquest, he alleged that the respondents issued a legal advice that led to the release of the prime suspects.

Aloba contends that the respondents’ actions undermined the Coroner’s authority, thereby obstructing justice in the investigation.

The applicant submitted that the respondents’ failure to allow the Coroner to conclude the proceedings and their issuance of legal advice preempts the inquest’s outcome, lacks jurisdiction, and is, therefore, null and void.

The late singer’s father also argued that this interference undermines the integrity of the inquest and potentially compromises its outcome, adding that he needs the court’s intervention to ensure that justice is served regarding his son’s death.

No date has been fixed for the hearing of the matter.

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