A Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting in Sabo, Yaba, yesterday, remanded Abdulazeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley (32), and three others for alleged conspiracy in the murder of singer Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad.
Africa Today News, New York gathered that others remanded are Ogedengbe Fisayo (37), Ayobami Sadiq (27), and Samson Eletu, popularly known as Sam Larry (45).
The Chief Magistrate, Mrs. Adeola Olatubosun, ordered the remand for 21 days in the police State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department, SCID, and adjourned the case until October 25.
The suspects should be allowed access to the doctors and solicitors of their choosing, she further ruled.
They are accused of conspiring to murder someone.
Earlier, DSP Umaru Bello and ASP Augustine Nwabuisi, who led the legal team for the Police, urged the court to remand the men for 30 days, to establish that an offence was committed.
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In a related development, the Police in Lagos have declared Owoduni Ibrahim, popularly called ‘Prime Boy’, wanted in connection with the investigation into the death of Mohbad.
Consequently, it has offered N1 million bounty to anyone with useful information to his arrest.
This was contained in a statement issued by the Lagos State Police Command and signed by its spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin.
The declaration, according to the command, became necessary, following Prime Boy’s refusal to honour Police investigation, since the special team was constituted by the Command boss, Idowu Owohunwa.
The statement which was obtained by Africa Today News, New York read: ‘Following his failure to honour police invitation successfully sent to him since the commencement of investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of Mr Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad, the Lagos State Police Command hereby declares wanted Owodunni Ibrahim aka Prime Boy.
‘Ibrahim is approximately 1.64-m tall, male, dark-complexioned with tribal marks and Yoruba by tribe. His last known address is 3rd Power, Oke Eletu, Ikorodu. ‘If seen, contact the nearest police station or call 0803 688 5727. The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Idowu Owohunwa, hereby offers a handsome reward of N1,000,000 (One Million Naira Only) to anyone with useful information leading to his arrest’.
Recall that the Lagos State Police Commissioner, Mr. Idowu Owohunwa, inaugurated a 13-man Special Investigation Team, last month, to unravel the circumstances surrounding Mohbad’s death, with a charge to the team to exhume his body , as part of its terms of reference.
Since Mohbad’s demise on September 12, 2023, there had been series of protests in some parts of the country, for justice, owing to controversy surrounding his death.