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Joseph Aloba, father to the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad, was on Monday grilled by officers of the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Alagbon within the Ikoyi space of Lagos State over a petition filed by Oba Saheed Elegushi.
The head of the Aloba authorized group, Monisola Odumosu, in an announcement on Tuesday, stated the petition borders on cyberbullying, cyberstalking, and felony defamation.
Odumosu defined that the allegation got here on the heels of an interview granted by Aloba just lately.
The assertion learn partly, “Mr Aloba was invited by the police and led to the police station by the representatives of his legal team, Teri Wellington and Monisola Odumosu. The petition was written by Oba Saheed Elegushi who alleged that during one of Mr. Aloba’s interviews with a London-based blogger, he was criminally defamed.
“During the interview Mr. Aloba granted the London-based blogger, it was alleged that he said, ‘… his son was bullied and killed on the instruction of Oba Elegushi and that it was one Sam Larry that was sent to do the job…’”
According to the assertion, Aloba reiterated that defaming or performing any act that constituted or might result in cyberbullying and cyberstalking Oba Elegushi wasn’t his intention as he was making an attempt to hunt justice for his late son.
Odumosu added that the late singer’s father additional clarified that he didn’t have any proof to help the allegation towards the monarch besides the petition written by his late son and different telephone conversations he had with him.
While noting that the monarch, who was current on the assembly, demanded a retraction, Odumosu clarified that Aloba was by no means arrested or detained.
“In equity to Oba Elegushi, he solely demanded the retraction of the defaming statements made by Mr Aloba on social media.
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“Mr. Aloba was by no means arrested or detained. He was granted bail with out stress. It is essential to notice that Mr. Aloba continues to be grieving the dying of his son. He simply misplaced a single star within the household firmament.
“Any grieving parent may on the spur of the moment make statements that may tend to be unreasonable. We only need to understand the geographical circumstances giving rise to his utterances.”
Mohbad died on the age of 27, on September 12, 2023, with circumstances surrounding his dying sparking controversies on social media.
Being a former report label signee of Marlian Music owned by Naira Marley, Mohbad left the label in February 2022. The Lagos State Police Command had on September 18, 2023, inaugurated a 13-man particular investigation group to probe the singer’s dying.
His dying additionally led to the arrest of Naira Marley and controversial Lagos socialite, Balogun Eletu, also called Sam Larry, amongst others.
The singer’s physique was on September 21, 2023, exhumed for post-mortem to unravel the reason for his dying.
PUNCH Metro completely reported that the US-based lab refuted the declare by the Lagos State Government that the toxicology check was carried out at its facility.
The revelation was in response to inquiries made by our correspondent, who launched into a fact-finding mission to establish the musician’s reason behind dying.
The state Commissioner for Information and Strategy, Gbenga Omotoso, whereas responding to inquiries by way of a stay phone name with Ahmad Isah, the anchor of an Abuja-based on-line programme, Brekete Family, someday in February 2024, had stated the toxicology check was being carried out on the NMS Labs in Pennsylvania, USA.
However, a pathologist, whereas testifying earlier than the Coroner’s Court on May 15, revealed that an post-mortem couldn’t decide Mohbad’s reason behind dying as a result of decomposition of his physique
Responding to PUNCH Metro’s inquiry on May 17, the Client Services Associate, Forensics Division, NMS Labs, Esther Dede, said, “Unfortunately, we do not have a case for that patient.”