On Wednesday night, a few Mohbad followers in London, United Kingdom, conducted a candlelight procession in memory of the late Nigerian rapper Ilerioluwa Olademeji Aloba.
The march took place in Peckham Square in South London’s Peckham neighborhood, where Naira Marley, the former head of Mohbad’s record company, was raised.
In a video that was going viral on the internet, the fans could be heard singing the late rapper’s tunes.
Recounts that on September 12, 2023, Mohbad passed away in a contentious way.
After supporters called for a thorough investigation into his tragic death on social media, his death attracted attention on a global scale.
Meanwhile, Lagos State Police Commissioner, Mr. Idowu Owohunwa, yesterday, inaugurated a 13-man Special Investigation Team to unravel the circumstances surrounding the death of Nigerian singer and Naira Marley’s former protege, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly called Mohbad, on September 12, in Lagos.
This came as Nigerian celebrities and aggrieved fans of Mohbad are taking to the streets this morning to demand justice for the late singer.
The protests, which kicked off in Akure, Ondo State, yesterday, are expected to spread to other states.
Meanwhile, the team headed by Assistant Commissioner of Police, Saheed Kassim, is expected to, among other terms of reference, exhume Mohbad’s body and carry out autopsy as well as conduct toxicology and histology tests on it, according to Owohunwa.
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Speaking at the inauguration of the Special Investigation Team, Owohunwa said its members would be domiciled at the Homicide section of the State Criminal Investigation Department, adding that the team was divided into four sub teams to take care of specific areas such as forensic, technical, medical and practical investigations.
Noting that the command was undertaking these steps in the overriding public interest and justice, the command boss said: “The team will engage in the exhumation, autopsy, visit to the crime scenes, hospitals and past records that might be vital towards establishing the facts in relation to the case on that investigation.
