MOHBAD: COURT ISSUES REMAND ORDER FOR NAIRA MARLEY, 3 OTHERS

Read Time:1 Minute, 33 Second

On Wednesday, the Sabo-Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court issued a remand order for Abdulazeez Fashola, 32, also known as Naira Marley, and three other people in connection with the alleged plot and murder of 27-year-old Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad.

Ogedengbe Fisayo, 37, Ayobami Sadiq, 27, and Samson Eletu, 45, are the other inmates who have been remanded.

The case was postponed till October 25 by Chief Magistrate Mrs. Adeola Olatubosun, who ordered the defendant to be held for 21 days in the police State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCID).

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 officers for the police, urged the court to remand the men for 30 days to establish that an offence was committed.

Hotjist had earlier reported that Mohbad died on September 12, 2023 in Lagos.

The Lagos State Police Command also, on Tuesday announced that Azeez Fashola aka Naira Marley has been taken into custody for interrogation and other investigation activities.

Meanwhile, Balogun Olamilekan Eletu aka Sam Larry on 28th of September, 2023 was announced to have been taken into custody prior to a coroner inquest which was set up as a sequel to a demand by human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, SAN, for the Coroner to conduct a thorough investigation on Mohbad’s tragic death.

The inquest is in pursuant with the extant provision of sections 14&15 of the coroner system law of Lagos State, cap C15 laws of Lagos state 2015.

Recall that on September 29, 2023, a coroner inquest held a preliminary sitting to discuss the modalities of the cause of his death.

The coroner however, fixed October 15th 2023 for hearing.