The Magistrate Court in Sabo, Yaba, Lagos, on Tuesday, discharged Abdulazeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, in connection with the death of Aloba Oladimeji IleriOluwa, also known as Mohbad.
Magistrate Ejiro Kubenje, acting on the legal advice from the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) in Lagos, ruled that Naira Marley had no case to answer.
The court also cleared music promoter Samson Balogun Eletu (Sam Larry), Owodunni Ibrahim (Primeboy), and Mohbad’s former manager, Opere Babatunde.
However, the DPP stated that it would prosecute the auxiliary nurse who treated Mohbad, Feyisayo Ogedengbe, along with one of the late singer’s friends, Ayobami Sadiq, for reckless and negligent acts.
Their prosecution will proceed at the Magistrate Court under Section 251 (e) of the Criminal Law, Ch C.17, Vol.3, Laws of Lagos State, 2015.
