Mohbad: Court thrashes father’s suit against Naira Marley, Sam Larry

Joseph Aloba, father of the late musician Ilerioluwa Aloba, also known as Mohbad, has lost in his bid to invalidate the legal advice of the Directorate of Public Prosecutions, which absolved music label owner, Naira Marley, Sam Larry, and others of alleged complicity in his son’s death.

Apart from the duo, other suspects included Prime Boy, and Babatunde Opere.

In a Wednesday ruling, Justice Taiwo Olatokun of the Lagos State High Court in Ikeja has dismissed the suit and held that it was the constitutional right of the Attorney General of Lagos State, acting through the DPP, to determine whether or not to prosecute any suspect and cannot be judicially reviewed, as sought by Aloba, who was represented by Wahab Shittu.

“The powers of the Attorney General as conferred by the Constitution are not subject to judicial review in this context,” Olaokun said.

“Accordingly, the reliefs sought by the applicant lack merit and are hereby dismissed.”

Aloba had alleged a breach of fair hearing, contending that the DPP’s legal advice, undermined the integrity of the ongoing coroner’s inquest into the death of the singer.

However, the court disagreed, saying the DPP’s decision was lawful and based on the available evidence.The judge explained that the suspects  were not acquitted, as they were discharged due to insufficient evidence linking them to Mohbad’s death.

According to the legal advice, according to Ayinde Ibrahim, a legal officer from the DPP’s office, in a counter-affidavit filed on June 24, 2025, that the legal advice resulted from a thorough review of the police case file, adding that neither the coroner nor the applicant had access to the full findings upon which the advice was based.

“The legal advice did not find any direct or circumstantial evidence tying the named suspects to the death of the deceased,” Ibrahim disclosed.

“Therefore, the advice to discharge them was in line with due process and the available evidence.”

Mohbad, the upcoming singer died suddenly and mysteriously on September 27, 2023. His controversial to death has been a subject to litigations ever since.