Femi Babafemi, the spokesman for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has refuted claims that the late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly called MohBad, was poisoned in their custody.
Babafemi, in a post on X on Saturday, argued that the deceased was not one of the Marlian music acts arrested by the agency in 2022, as speculated by many.
He further stated that this makes it impossible for MohBad to have been poisoned in their custody.
According to Babafemi, the arrested people include two females and four males, 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 said, “This is an authentic account of the arrest and detention of some Malian artists in February 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,” Babafemi tweeted.
Babafemi’s statement comes on the heels of a viral video of MohBah that surfaced online, showing him weeping in what looked like a hospital.
In the clip, MohBad claims he was harassed and given a white substance to consume.
“They gave me water to drink; it was inside a plastic bottle of water.
“They said I was using drugs. I was the only one who drank it; they didn’t give it to 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,” he said.
