Due to their purported involvement in Mohbad’s demise, Naira Marley and socialite Sam Larry of Lagos have filed lawsuits against the police and magistrate.
The musician and his closest friend have filed a basic rights complaint against their continued detention in relation to the death of 27-year-old singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, also known as Mohbad.
The police were named as defendants in the complaint filed before the Federal High Court in Lagos, together with the Lagos magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun, who ordered their remand in police prison for 21 days.
Naira Marley and Sam Larry are seeking N20 million in damages from the accused.
In their action, they want the court to declare that their continuous incarceration “at the Homicide Section of the Lagos State Police Command, Panti, Yaba, Lagos State, since October 4, 2023” constitutes a violation of their rights.
They are looking for “an order of the court releasing the applicants forthwith.”
In the affidavits attached to their suits, deponents said,
“Their travails started between October 3 and 4, 2023 when they were arrested by the police on the alleged connection of the applicants with the death of one Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad
On the 4th day of October 2023, the Commissioner of Police sought an order in the Magistrates’ Court, held at Yaba to remand them for 30 days
Chief Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun granted the police application to remand them for only 21 days in the custody of the police
The 21-day remand order granted by Chief Magistrate Olatunbosun has since lapsed on October 26, 2023, and the order has not been renewed”.