Rapper Naira Marley and his pal Sam Larry have been absolved from complicity in the death of singer Ilerioluwa Aloba a.k.a Mohbad.
A Magistrate Court sitting in Sabo, Yaba, Lagos, on Tuesday gave the ruling. Instead, the unregistered nurse who treated Mohbad for pain, Feyisayo Ogedengbe, and Mohbad’s friend, Ayobami Sadiq have been held responsible for the sudden death of the singer in September 2023. They would be facing prosecution for reckless and negligent acts contrary to Section 251 (e) of the Criminal Law, Ch C.17, Vol.3, Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
This ruling will be a huge relief for Naira Marley and Sam Larry who were accused on social media as the chief architects of Mohbad’s death based on their alleged bullying of the singer who died at 27.
Reading the legal advice of the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP), Lagos, Magistrate Ejiro Kubenje on Tuesday ruled that Naira Marley had no case to answer.
The court also freed Owodunni Ibrahim (Primeboy), and Mohbad’s former manager, Opere Babatunde.
