Naira Marley and Sam Larry, a Lagos socialite, have taken legal action against the police and Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun, alleging their involvement in the death of Mohbad.
The musician and his close friend have filed a fundamental rights complaint challenging their ongoing detention in connection with the demise of Mohbad, also known as Ilerioluwa Aloba, a 27-year-old singer.
The complaint, submitted to the Federal High Court in Lagos, names the police and the Lagos magistrate as defendants. Naira Marley and Sam Larry are seeking damages of N20 million in their lawsuit.
In their legal action, they request the court to declare that their prolonged detention "at the Homicide Section of the Lagos State Police Command, Panti, Yaba, Lagos State, since October 4, 2023," constitutes a violation of their rights.
They are looking for "an order of the court releasing the applicants forthwith."
In the affidavits attached to their suits, deponents said,
"Their travails started between October 3 and 4, 2023 when they were arrested by the police on the alleged connection of the applicants with the death of one Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad
On the 4th day of October 2023, the Commissioner of Police sought an order in the Magistrates' Court, held at Yaba to remand them for 30 days
Chief Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun granted the police application to remand them for only 21 days in the custody of the police
The 21-day remand order granted by Chief Magistrate Olatunbosun has since lapsed on October 26, 2023, and the order has not been renewed".