The spokesman for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Babafemi Femi has refuted claims that the late musician Ilerioluwa Aloba, alias MohBad, was poisoned while in their care.
He clarified that the deceased was not one of the Marlian Music performers detained by the agency in 2022 in an X post on Saturday.
This eliminates the possibility that MohBad was poisoned while in their care, he continued.
The Spokesperson provided a website link that described the arrest of six people—two women and four men—in detail; in the persons of Oniyide Azeez (Zinoleesky), Owoeye Michael (m) and Abimbola Ogbe (m).
Others are Dominica Chinwe (f), Olaolohun Shubomi Mariam (f), and Ibrahim Alawo (m).
He wrote, “This is an authentic account of the arrest and detention of some Malian artistes in Feb 2022, an incident that has now been twisted by purveyors of fake news to say Mohbad was poisoned or detained by the agency.
“I hope, they’ll be bold enough to defend their claims when the hand of the law catches them,”
This tweet is coming hours after a now-viral video of the deceased surfaced online, showing him weeping in what looked like a hospital.
In the video, MohBad claimed he was harassed and given a white substance to consume.
“They gave me water to drink, it was inside a bottle of water plastic. They said I was using drugs. I was the only one who drank it, they didn’t give others to drink. I won’t lie. Then they told me to go home and told the others to wait.
“They even hit a gun on my head. I saved Zino in that video but Zino snitched on me.”
