Femi Babafemi, the spokesperson for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has refuted allegations that the late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, known as MohBad, was poisoned while in their custody. In a social media post on Saturday, Babafemi contended that MohBad was not among the Marlian Music artists arrested by the agency in 2022, a fact that makes it implausible for him to have been poisoned while in their custody. He supported his statement by sharing a link from an online platform (not Punch Online) that detailed the arrest of six individuals, including two females and four males, namely Oniyide Azeez (Zinoleesky), Owoeye Michael, and Abimbola Ogbe.
Others are Dominica Chinwe (f), Olaolohun Shubomi Mariam (f), and Ibrahim Alawo (m).
“This is an authentic account of the arrest and detention of some Malian artists 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,” Babafemi tweeted.
Babafemi’s 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.”
