Nigerian singer, Abdulazeez Fashola aka Naira Marley has called for the probing of Omowunmi, the wife of the late singer, Mohbad (Ilerioluwa Aloba), and 14 others, reportedly present at the deceased’s home, two to three days, prior to the death of the singer.
MohBad died on Tuesday, September 12, aged 27.
Naira Marley has been under focus, alongside an associate Sam Larry, for reportedly launching a regime of intimidation and assaults against MohBad after the Late Musician quit their record label to found his own.
Both, alongside two others (Owodunni Ibrahim, Primeboy and Mohbad’s former manager, Opere Babatunde), were on February 25 left off the hook on the basis of advice from the Ministry of Justice, but MohBad’s father later insisted they should be re-arraigned for his son’s death.
However, in a statement on Sunday, Naira Marley’s lawyer, Olusola Okuwobi, stated that his client, while making a virtual testimony on Friday before Ms T.A. Shotobi of the Coroner Court in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, now wanted the widow and others thoroughly investigated.
The statement read, “Azeez Adeshina Fashola aka Naira Marley testified before the court virtually giving his precise and succinct testimony. Naira Marley testified that at the time of Mohbad’s unfortunate death, he was out of the country.
“He further stated that he had no animosity towards Mohbad before his death, he related the status of the contract that subsisted between his good self and the deceased. Naira Marley urged the coroner to look away from the suspects presented by the police and social media and look into interrogating Omowunmi and the 14 others who were present at the house 48-72 hours before the unfortunate passing of the singer.”
Okuwobi also stated that Naira Marley accused those present during the deceased’s final moments of attempting to evade responsibility by circulating an old video.
He noted that they were aware the deceased had previously apologised for the video and had been forgiven before leaving the record label.
Naira Marley’s testimony came barely a week after the auxiliary nurse who treated the late singer testified before the coroner’s court.
