The parents of the late singer, Mohbad, had on Wednesday, told the Coroner’s Inquest that he stopped going to shows for six months because he was scared of the constant beating, harassment, and bullying he got from his former boss, Naira Marley, and Sammy Larry.
Here’s their statement in full;
The father of the late singer said, “Mohbad was scared of going out for six months. He said he did not know if the substance he drank at the NDLEA will appear at the airport.”
The mother said, “My son told us that there was a show that Naira Marley forced him to attend which he declined because it was Sammy Larry that was the organizer of that show.
“Whenever Mohbad was with me, he was always full of fear; he said it was Naira Marley who collected all the money for the shows he performed because the three-year contract that he signed with him had not elapsed.
“He always mentioned Naira Marley and Sammy Larry, and he was always shaking. I begged him several times to allow me to speak with them, but he refused, saying he didn’t want them to kill me.
“The last time he traveled for a show, after he came back, he mentioned to me that Naira Marley came to attack him, he reported the case to the police but I don’t know if the police invited Naira Marley”.
She reconnected with Mohbad through her sister after she left Mohbad’s Father when he was 3.
She said when he told her that he was a singer, she responded that it wasn’t the prophecy she got when she was pregnant with him. “You were supposed to be a pastor, I told him but he played with me and then left”.
“After he left that night, somebody came to me and showed me a video that was circulating online that they were beating him and he was crying and said that Naira Marley wanted to kill him.
‘The following day, I got a call again that the deceased had been hospitalized. By the time I got there, they said he had been discharged and he was ok healthwise.
“Mohbad told me on the third day that he was inside the studio when he got a call that something was happening at Azeez Fashola’s (Naira Marley) house that the NDLEA came to raid his house,” she said.
She also said it was the information of the raid that the Mohbad heard that made him rush down to Naira Marley’s house because his younger brother, Zinoleesky, and his wife, Omowunmi Aloba, were staying at Naira Marley’s house.
On getting to Naira Marley’s house, NDLEA had already taken Zinolesky and others away.
“The deceased followed the NDLEA to their office and he asked why they took his friends away he became thirsty due to the argument between him and the NDLEA, then he was given water, and he later discovered that he was not feeling ok again after drinking the water.
“I asked him why he was shouting on the Internet, he said Naira Marley wanted to kill him. I asked him why does Naira Marley want to kill you, he said I shouldn’t worry, that I cannot understand.
“I and one Iya Lode went to Naira Marley’s house and on seeing Naira Marley, he explained that the deceased spoiled his name. I and his father apologized to him, but he still wrote a statement that he (Naira Marley) wanted to kill him.
“I was at the deceased’s house on Saturday when the deceased told me that he had a show on Sunday, September 10, 2023, at Ikorodu but the following Tuesday I received a call that the deceased was dead”.
She said that Mohbad had warned her not to say anything concerning his challenges with Naira Marley and Sam Larry because they would kill her.
Earlier on, the father of Mohbad, Joseph Aloba, told the coroner’s inquest that Mohbad was buried the day after his death because the mortuary rejected him, and where Mohbad was buried was his land.
He also told the coroner that on the day of his son’s death, when he got to the late singer’s house, he went to his room upstairs where he saw blood-soaked clothes before he was told that the body of Mohbad was in the living room.