In a statement signed by Monisola Odumosu and provided to PUNCH Metro on Thursday, the legal team representing the Aloba family stated that the order was given at the court’s August 16 session. According to the legal team, they also requested a warrant from the coroner’s court to summon interested parties as witnesses to testify about the events and circumstances surrounding Mohbad’s death. “On Friday, August 16, 2024, Magistrate Sotobi of the Ikorodu Magistrate court concurred with the legal team of Mohbad’s father, Joseph Aloba, that in order to guarantee the new witnesses’ timely attendance, they should be served by alternative means in a respectable national newspaper and social media.
The injunction was obtained during the court’s August 16 session, according to a statement from the Aloba family’s legal team that was signed by Monisola Odumosu and provided to PUNCH Metro on Thursday. The defence team added that it was requesting a coroner’s court order to summon interested parties as witnesses to testify about the events and connections surrounding Mohbad’s death. In order to guarantee the new witnesses’ prompt attendance, Magistrate Sotobi, seated at the Ikorodu Magistrate court on Friday, August 16, 2024, concurred with the legal team of Mohbad’s father, Joseph Aloba, that the new witnesses should be served by alternative means in a respectable national newspaper and social media.
“The request, which was made on behalf of Mr. Joseph Aloba by the legal team led by Mr. Wahab Shittu SAN (leading Emmanuel Oroko Esq., Miss. Monisola Odumosu, Emmanuel Sadoh, Dr. A.R. Ahmed, Oluyemi Osalusi Esq., Wole Ariyibi, and Sadiq Kamo), sought an order from the coroner’s court to issue Witness Summons on interested parties as witnesses to provide testimony on the circumstances surrounding the death of the late Ilerioluwa Promise Aloba (Mohbad), who passed away under suspicious circumstances on September 12, 2023.
In addition, Mr. Joseph Aloba requested an order to issue Witness Summons against Nurse Feyisayo Ogedengbe, Boluwatife Adeyemo (also known as Darosha), Karimot Titilayo Ogunbayo, Barr. Oluwasanmi Falade (Mohbad’s attorney), Fidelis Esanbor (driver), Azeez Fashola (also known as Naira Marley), and Balogun Samson Eletu, respectively. These individuals were asked to testify concerning the circumstances leading up to the suspicious death of Mr. Ilerioluwa Promise Aloba (Mohbad) on September 12, 2023, at a convenient time to be decided by the coroner.
They also requested permission from the court to use substituted service to serve the witness summons on the new witnesses after the orders were granted. This would be accomplished by having the witness summons published in any respected national newspaper in the nation, as this would be the only practical way to serve the summons. According to the legal team, there has been no success in serving witness summonses on these individuals through the court system. Concurrently, the application to recall Mohbad’s spouse, Wunmi, and the IPO overseeing the investigation, ASP Muhammad Yusuf, was approved by the coroner’s court. Akinpelu Ogunbona, the attorney representing Ibrahim Owodunni, also known as Primeboy, contested the application, pointing out that in order to provide a full picture of the singer’s death, Wunmi and the police needed to address fresh concerns.
The statement claims that they are requesting a call from Akinpelu A. Ogunbona Esq. in order to clarify several unclear assertions about the altercation that the singer’s wife claims occurred in the house. As a result, the coroner postponed the order’s compliance and the witnesses’ appearance in court to the following postponed day.
On September 12, 2023, Mohbad passed away at the age of 27, and the circumstances surrounding his passing sparked debates on social media. Mohbad, a former signee of Naira Marley’s Marlian Music record label, departed the label in February 2022. A 13-person special investigation team was established by the Lagos State Police Command on September 18, 2023, to look into the singer’s death. Along with other people, his killing resulted in the arrest of Naira Marley and controversial Lagos socialite Balogun Eletu, better known as Sam Larry. On September 21, 2023, the singer’s body was dug up for an autopsy to determine the cause of his passing.