The embattled Hip-Hop singer Azeez Fashola (Naira Marley) and one of his allies, Samson Eletu (Sam Larry) have filed a fundamental rights suit to challenge their continued detention over the death of singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba (Mohbad).
Both Naira Marley and Sam Larry are demanding N20m damages each from the police and the Lagos magistrate, Adeola Olatunbosun, over what they termed as their continued detention in police custody.
The owner of Marlian Records and his ally, Larry joined the police and the Lagos magistrate as defendants in the suit filed before the Federal High Court in Lagos.
The magistrate had ordered the remand of Naira Marley and Sam Larry in police custody for 21 days over the death of 27-year-old Mohbad who died earlier in September.
However, Olalekan Ojo (SAN), the counsel for Naira Marley and Sam Larry disclosed that both defendants are urging the court to declare that the continued detention “at the Homicide Section of the Lagos State Police Command, Panti, Yaba, Lagos State since October 4, 2023” constituted a violation of their rights.
They argued that the magistrate ordered their remand for only 21 days and the period had elapsed. They are seeking “an order of the court releasing the applicants forthwith.”
