A Court siting in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State has ordered substituted service on key witnesses in the ongoing investigation into the death of singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad.
These include Azeez Fashola aka Naira Marley; Samson Eletu aka Sam Larry; Mohbad’s sister-in-law, Karimot Ogunbayo; Boluwatife Adeyemo aka Darosha and Oluwasanmi Falade, Mohbad’s lawyer.
Others includes, Feyisayo Ogedengbe, the nurse who was said to have treated the deceased during the period, and Fidelis Esanbor, the driver who drove him to the hospital.
Magistrate T. A. Sotobi granted the application by Joseph Aloba, Mohbad father, to grant a witness summons on additional witnesses through a reputable national newspaper and social media.
The application, was argued by the legal team led by Mr Wahab Shittu SAN (leading Emmanuel Oroko Esq., Miss. Monisola Odumosu, Emmanuel Sadoh, Dr. A.R. Ahmed, Oluyemi Osalusi Esq., Wole Ariyibi and Sadiq Kamo) representing Mr Joseph Aloba and pursued an order of the coroner’s court to issue Witness Summons on interested persons as witnesses to give evidence on the connection and circumstances leading to the death of late Ilerioluwa Promise Aloba (Mohbad), who died in suspicious circumstances on September 12, 2023.
The deceased father, Mr. Joseph Aloba also asked for an order to issue Witness Summons against Nurse Feyisayo Ogedengbe, Boluwatife Adeyemo (A.K.A Darosha), Karimot Titilayo Ogunbayo, Barr. Oluwasanmi Falade (Mohbad’s lawyer), and Fidelis Esanbor (driver), Azeez Fashola (aka Naira Marley), Balogun Samson Eletu respectively, to give evidence of what they know in connection and circumstances leading to the death of Mr Ilerioluwa Promise Aloba (Mohbad), in suspicious circumstances on the 12th day of September 2023 on a date convenient and to be determined by the coroner,” the statement read.
They further asked the court that upon the grant of the orders, to grant leave to serve the witness summons to be issued on the new witnesses by substituted service by making room for the said witness summons to be published in any reputable national newspaper within the country as the only viable means of service of the witness summons.
The legal team went ahead to state that efforts to get these witnesses served witness summons through the court have been unsuccessful.
However, the Ikoyi court also granted the application to resummon Wunmi, Mohbad’s wife, and ASP Muhammad Yusuf, the IPO in charge of the case,
Akinpelu Ogunbona, a lawyer, who argued the application on behalf of Ibrahim Owodunni aka Primeboy, noted that there were new issues both Wunmi and the police needed to shed light upon to give a clear picture of what killed the singer.
According to the statement, their request to be called by Akinpelu A. Ogunbona Esq. is to make clear some ambiguous statements in respect to the fight the singer’s wife alleged happened in the house.
The court for adjourned for the order to be complied with and the witnesses to be brought to the court on the next adjourned date.
