• NDLEA fails to respond to enquiry
• Autopsy and toxicology reports awaited

As investigation into the death of singer Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba a.ka. Mohbad continues, the Lagos State Police Command yesterday declared that the nurse that attended to the late singer, Feyisayo Ogedengbe, is a prime suspect.

The police, in its preliminary report, yesterday, said the auxiliary nurse was contacted and invited by Ayobami Sadiq (a.k.a Spending), a friend to Mohbad, on September 11, 2023, to treat the singer at the deceased’s residence at Lekki, Lagos.

“She eventually came on Tuesday, September 12, 2023, and administered three different injections, which are believed to have occasioned the chain of reactions that directly resulted in the death of the singer,” the police said.

According to the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Idowu Owohunwa, the nurse acknowledged that it was the injections that she administered on the deceased that triggered the reactions, which eventually led to Mohbad’s death.

He added: “Other expert opinions and witnesses’ statements corroborated her admittance. Her actions of administering doses of Tetanus Toxoid, Paracetamol (IV) and Ceftriaxone injection (IV) on Mohbad at his residence on September 12, 2023, immediately and directly triggered the reactions (including vomiting, goose bumps, convulsion) that eventually resulted in the singer’s death. This criminal liability is further heightened given the evidential fact that as an auxiliary nurse, she is not qualified to administer such medications or function as a qualified nurse. She also did this in a non-clinical environment and in a professionally negligent manner that negated standard medical protocols.

“Ayobami Sodiq (a.k.a. Spending); friend to Mohbad, who invited the auxiliary nurse to treat the deceased was pointed for conspiracy in the death of the singer. His action in inviting a person known to him as an auxiliary nurse to attend to the deceased under a non-clinical setting occasioned Mohbad’s death.
“Ibrahim Oluwatosin Owoduni (a.k.a Prime Boy); childhood friend of Mohbad. He attended the show at Ikorodu in his company on September 10, 2023. At the end of the show, Mohbad and Ibrahim were engaged in a violent fight during which Mohbad was injured. The management of the injury subsequently resulted in his death.”

“Suspect Samson Balogun Eletu (a.k.a. Sam Larry); suspect (Homicide and Bullying/Assault) Abdulazeez Fashola (a.k.a Naira Marley); suspect (Homicide and Bullying/Assault).”

The police confirmed that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) was yet to respond to letters for inquiries, adding that results of the Autopsy and Toxicology Tests were being awaited.

The suspicions trailing Mohbad’s death on September 12, 2023, had forced the Commissioner of Police to inaugurate a Special Investigation Team (SIT) with the main task of undertaking a detailed, professional, fair, transparent, rule of law-guided and evidence-led homicide investigation.

The CP had said that the end goal of the investigation is not only to unravel the circumstances of the singer’s death, but also to deliver justice for Mohbad.

He reiterated yesterday that the investigation process was directed at addressing two fundamental questions.

He explained: “Firstly, what are the immediate chain of events that occasioned the death of Mohbad? Secondly, who are the actors that could, within the context of extant criminal law and procedures, be evidentially held criminally liable, either individually or jointly, for the death of Mohbad on September 12, 2023.

“The investigative actions were focused on the allegations of possible complicity in the death of Mohbad by AbdulAzeez Adeshina (a.k.a. Naira Marley) and Samson Erinfolami Balogun ‘m’ (a.k.a. Sam Larry) who both were widely alleged in the social media of conspiring to serially bully and assault the deceased in his lifetime. It also focuses on the allegations on the social media that the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) could also be complicit in his death following a viral video in which the late singer raised a narrative of his experience while in custody of the Agency prior to his death.

“The intent of this component of the investigation is to establish if there is any evidential proof to circumstantially or directly link the allegations against Naira Marley, Sam Larry and NDLEA to the eventual death of Mohbad on September 12, 2023.

“Following the inauguration of the SIT, a total of 26 vital witnesses including the complainant have so far been identified and interviewed by detectives.
“The written testimonies of the witnesses are largely of high evidential value, and they have aided in establishing the sequence of events leading to the death of Mohbad, the identification of the suspects and the roles each played. They have also aided in gaining a clearer insight into the allegations of assault and bullying levelled against Sam Larry and Naira Marley.
“Five suspects have so far been identified, arrested, detained and interrogated on their alleged roles in the sequence of events that led to the death of the singer.

“While re-assuring that the Command will sustain its firm determination to ensure justice in this case, I wish to assure that the members of the public will be availed of any further development in relation to the outcomes of the Autopsy and Toxicology Reports, DPP advice, feedback from NDLEA and any other development in the investigation into this case.”