By Adenike Lawal
Aloba Joseph, father of the late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, has taken legal action to challenge the Lagos State Director of Public Prosecution’s decision to release four key suspects linked to his son’s death.
Joseph filed an application at the Lagos High Court in Ikeja on March 12, 2025, seeking a judicial review to overturn the DPP’s legal advice that led to the discharge of Naira Marley, Sam Larry, Prime Boy, and Opere Babatunde.
Through his lawyer, Senior Advocate of Nigeria Wahab Shittu, Joseph argued that the DPP’s decision undermines the ongoing Coroner’s inquest into Mohbad’s death, which was ruled unnatural and suspicious.
He contends that the suspects were implicated in the proceedings but were released without due process.
Joseph accused investigators and DPP officials of interfering with justice by failing to inform the Coroner’s Court before issuing legal advice.
He insists that allowing the decision to stand could compromise the inquest’s outcome and deny his son justice.
No judge has been assigned to the case, and a hearing date is yet to be set.
