CITIZENS COMPASS —THE peaceful protests in honour of the late Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba popularly known as Mohbad entered Day 2, on Wednesday, September 20, 2023, as friends, fans and colleagues of Mohbad stormed the streets to protest his mysterious death.
Citizens Compass had reported that Hundreds of Nigerian youths embarked on peaceful protests on Tuesday which grounded vehicular movements across some South – west states particularly Lagos, Ogun, Kwara, Ondo and Ekiti.
Protesters came out en masse in some areas of Lagos State with one of the protests starting from the Alagbado axis of AIT Road and moving to the Command area, then to Ile-Iwe in Meiran.
The rallies went on amid tight security, with at least four police patrol vans loaded with armed officers accompanying the protesters.
Over 200 youths were clad in black tops with placards of different inscriptions seeking justice for Mohbad.
There were also similar protests in Warri, Delta State.
In Osogbo, the Osun State capital, thousands of youths, on Wednesday, thronged major roads in the city demanding the arrest and prosecution of those suspected to be behind Mohbad’s death.
The youths, dressed in black, walked from the Dele Yes Sir area of the state, through Dada Estate, Oke-Fia, Alekuwodo, Olaiya, and MDS to Freedom Park singing solidarity songs to mourn the deceased.
The protesters, who gathered at the park where they lit candles, sang different Mohbad songs and cursed owners of the Malian record label.
They also carried placards with inscriptions such as Justice for Mohbad, Israel is not bad boy, among others.
Speaking with newsmen at Freedom Park, one of the conveners, Fisayo Aderemi, urged the police investigating team to extend their searchlight to the kind of treatment the deceased received at the hospital before his eventual death.
The Afrobeat singer died last Tuesday aged 27 under what many termed mysterious circumstances, prompting the acting Inspector-General of Police, Mr Kayode Egbetokun, to order a “thorough” probe by the Lagos State Police Command.
Protesters came out en masse in some areas of Lagos State with one of the protests starting from the Alagbado axis of AIT Road and moving to the Command area, then to Ile-Iwe in Meiran.
Similarly, Nollywood actress, Iyabo Ojo, yesterday, called out Malian record label boss, Naira Marley and his associate, Sam Larry.
During her visit to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, on Wednesday, Iyabo Ojo said there was video evidence to prove their level of involvement in the saga.
She wondered why Sam Larry had not been invited by the Lagos Police Command for questioning despite the many calls by Nigerians for his arrest.
Ojo streamed her meeting with the CP via Instagram
The singer who died on Tuesday, September 12, 2023 was buried on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, at Gberigbe, Ikorodu, Lagos State.
