Mohbad: Naira Marley, Sam Larry risk subpoena for shunning invitation


A Coroner’s Court sitting in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State has threatened to subpoena key witnesses for failing to appear at the ongoing inquest into the death of singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad.

Magistrate T. A. Sotobi had ordered substituted services for the witnesses after granting an application by Mohbad’s father, Joseph Aloba, to serve a witness summons on additional witnesses through a reputable national newspaper and social media.

These include Azeez Fashola aka Naira Marley; Samson Eletu aka Sam Larry; Mohbad’s sister-in-law, Karimot Ogunbayo; Mohbad’s lawyer, Oluwasanmi Falade, the nurse who was said to have treated the deceased singer during the period, Feyisayo Ogedengbe, and the driver who drove him to the hospital, Fidelis Esanbor.

Speaking to our correspondent on Wednesday, the head of the Aloba family’s legal team, Taiwo Odumosu, said Mohbad’s ally, Boluwatife Adeyemo aka Darosha, was the only key witness present at the court sitting on Wednesday.

Odumosu said the magistrate had considered issuing a subpoena on them if they did not appear at the next court sitting.

He said, “Today’s sitting was to continue with the examination of witnesses to know what happened to Mohbad and how he died. So, among all the key witnesses invited and served through substituted means, only Darosha was in court.

“Meanwhile, the magistrate said she would issue another witness summons one last time chance. She said if they fail to appear on the next adjourned date, they will be subpoenaed.”

PUNCH Metro gathered that the hearing was adjourned till September 30.

Meanwhile, the family of the late singer has expressed disappointment and frustration with the police investigation into his death.

Odumosu, in a statement signed by Emmanuel Oroko of Hilceetee Partner, obtained by PUNCH Metro on Wednesday, frowned on the police’s role in the investigation.

According to him, Odumosu criticised the police for relying on witnesses’ views to reach conclusions without conducting a thorough investigation.

“On all fronts of the investigation, the police officers who investigated the murder of the late singer exhibited overt complicity in the narrative. The police relied on witnesses’ views to reach legal conclusions. They failed to tell us what investigation they carried out and what they discovered.

“Secondly, when the court granted us an order to conduct an independent autopsy and toxicology test, the police refused to cooperate with us. Based on our interaction with the forensic pathologists and their requirements, we wrote the police to give access to the forensic experts to see items taken from the scene of the crime including notes made by them.

“All these will help the forensic experts to have a better view of what happened and also form a reasonable conclusion after considering all facts and evidence before them,” he added.


Odumosu said there was no message from the police about when the pathologists should visit them to view the items to aid their investigations.

He explained that despite writing a reminder to them, the police didn’t acknowledge the letters.

On the embalmment allegedly carried out by Darosha, Odumosu stated that no one has been charged in court.

“We petitioned the Inspector General of Police and the Police Service Commission to remove the officers in charge of the case because of their apparent mishandling of the investigation into the death of Mohbad.

“The Police Service Commission is the civilian oversight body established under the Nigerian Constitution 1999 for the Nigeria Police. Its powers include appointment, promotion, discipline and dismissal of erring police officers except the Inspector General of Police. We are yet to get a response from them,” he said.

Odumosu however appealed to the PSC to investigate the police officers who had the first chance to discover the source and circumstances of the death of Mohbad but failed to do the needful.

Mohbad died at the age of 27, on September 12, 2023, with circumstances surrounding his death sparking controversies on social media.

Being a former record label signee of Marlian Music owned by Naira Marley, Mohbad left the label in February 2022. The Lagos State Police Command had on September 18, 2023, inaugurated a 13-man special investigation team to probe the singer’s death.

His death also led to the arrest of Naira Marley and Lagos socialite, Balogun Eletu, also known as Sam Larry, amongst others.

The singer’s body was on September 21, 2023, exhumed for autopsy to unravel the cause of his death.

Triangles1:
Heya!!!


I feel for them, very unfortunate.

EreluRoz:
Wunmi sha, I no longer trust her in this boy's death even nairamarley and samlary bullied him. I have been following up the story and there's this dark shade around Wunmi over this boy's death. There's a hidden truth lying somewhere

EreluRoz:
Don't feel for bullies and wicked souls

Tallesty1:
You never had a reason to trust her.


You supported her because she was a woman

Smartcitizen:
I wonder why BROKEN FAMILIES ARE commonly seen in the south western side of Nigeria?

That's the reason why the have lots of Street Urchins (Agbero) a lot.

Is that part of the advantage of being number one most educated region in Nigeria too?

I'm just asking for a friend in need to understand.


🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Triangles1:





Seriously, naira Marley has gone into oblivion and it will be painful if he knows nothing about his death.

Many people has threaten people in the name of superiority I hope this would serve as lesson.

Triangles1:


Most times I read comment like this I know people like you don't even know who your father is, all of you causing confusion in Nigeria, God will eventually put you all to shame.

Morbeta11:


https://punchng.com/mohbad-naira-marley-sam-larry-risk-subpoena-for-shunning-invitation/#google_vignette

EreluRoz:
Don't feel for bullies and wicked souls

Smartcitizen:
I wonder why BROKEN FAMILIES ARE commonly seen in the south western side of Nigeria?

That's the reason why the have lots of Street Urchins (Agbero) a lot.

Is that part of the advantage of being number one most educated region in Nigeria too?

I'm just asking for a friend in need to understand.

But una part na men wey wan beat woman to death plenty pass, just they adjust views on any situation to stroke your ego as usual.


🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Smartcitizen:



Why is it that whenever people ask questions in Nigeria, people will attack the person or people who asked the question?

Nawaoo!

I only asked question that needs an answer not attack or quarrell.

It's to early to start a fight abeg.

Kindly help me with the question abeg.

Crafteck1:



Bullies, they were also sponsors and friends... Relationships get sour at a point, stoo using their months ago falling off to cover murder

EreluRoz:
Not really, I thought it was the normal bullying that widows faced from Nigerian men, you know I hate oppression to my bone marrow. But you see this Wunmi lady there's something dark she's hiding

Triangles1:


Is that a question or attack, and before you can ask such a stupid question please tell us your state or tribe then you will get your full response.

Any failure to mention your tribe or state please don't quote me.

EreluRoz:
There should be limit to everything, you don't go all out to make someone's life a iving hell. Imagine a young man developing high BP

Crafteck1:


I get you but that is the picture iyabo and probably wunmi painted for us, no one really knows the truth, we saw pics and depictions of people emotionally drawing attention away from the key witnesses, they didnt show how same sam larry probably used his influence to clear way for the boy and helped him bully people out of his career path before things went sour, didnt discuss about the 75k usd payout he got from leaving marlians prematurely, didnt discus about the wive allegedly drugging him and sleeping around, didnt mention involvement of a king all they did was use peoples emotions to paint a whole record label bad to disguise an evil.