A video of Naira Marley and Sam Larry at the Magistrate court in Yaba where they were arraigned by the Lagos state police command has been shared online.
A Magistrate Court sitting in the Yaba area of Lagos State on Wednesday has remanded Azeez Fashola, alias Naira Marley, and Lagos socialite, Balogun Eletu, alias Sam Larry, to police Custody.
The Lagos State Police Command requested that Fashola and the others be remanded for 30 days pending the completion of their investigation
However, Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun ruled that Fashola and the others be remanded for just 21 days.
Since Mohbad’s demise on September 12, 2023, there have been a series of protests in some parts of the country for justice, owing to the controversy surrounding his death.
As part of the efforts to resolve the controversy surrounding his death, a coroner’s inquest began last Friday in the Ikorodu area of Lagos.
In a letter dated September 18, 2023, the law firm Falana & Falana Chambers asked the Chief Coroner of the High Court of Lagos State, Justice Mojisola Dada, to unravel the circumstances surrounding what it described as the “very tragic” death of the late Mohbad under “mysterious” circumstances.
In its reply to the firm’s letter, the coroner, Magistrate Shotobi said she had the directives of the Chief Coroner of Lagos State, Justice Dada, to convoke an inquest pursuant to the extant provisions of Sections 14 & 15 of the Coroner’s System Law of Lagos State, Cap C15, Laws of Lagos State 2015.
At the hearing last Friday, Mrs Funmi Falana, who represented Mohbad’s family, told journalists after the proceeding that the hearing of evidence would commence on October 13.
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