A musical artiste, Owodunni Ibrahim, popularly generally known as Primeboy, has dragged the Nigeria Police Pressure to court docket for alleged abuse of his elementary human rights.
PUNCH Metro reviews that the Lagos State Police Command, on Wednesday, October 4, 2023, declared Primeboy wished following his failure to honour a police invitation efficiently despatched to him because the graduation of the investigation into the circumstances resulting in the demise of the singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly generally known as Mohbad.
In a short assertion despatched to PUNCH Metro on Thursday, Primeboy’s lawyer, Akinpelu Ogunbona, stated the swimsuit was filed earlier than the Federal Excessive Courtroom, within the Ikoyi space of the state.
Ogunbona stated the singer was demanding the removing of his identify from the wished listing, amongst different prayers.
“Primeboy has sued the police through an originating movement filed earlier than the Federal Excessive Courtroom, Ikoyi, Lagos on October 11. He prayed to the court docket for a few reliefs, a few of which included a declaration that the particular police gazette bulletin issued by the workplace of the IGP declaring Primeboy wished was a violation of Primeboy’s proper to respect for the dignity of his human individual. Primeboy additionally prayed the court docket to delist his identify from the wished listing amongst different prayers,” the assertion learn.
Primeboy has because the demise of Mohbad been on the centre of the controversies trailing the demise of his late ally.
He additionally surrendered himself to the police barely 24 hours after he was declared wished.
Mohbad died on September 12 on the age of 27, with circumstances surrounding his demise sparking controversies on social media.
Being a former report label signee of Marlian Music, owned by Naira Marley, Mohbad left the label in February 2022.
The state police command had, on September 18, 2023, inaugurated a 13-man particular investigation crew to probe the demise.
His demise additionally led to the arrest of Naira Marley and controversial Lagos socialite Balogun Eletu, aka Sam Larry, amongst others.
The physique of Mohbad was, on September 21, 2023, exhumed for post-mortem to unravel the reason for his demise.