The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has debunked claims circulating on social media that the late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka MohBad, was poisoned in their custody.
NDLEA Spokesperson, Femi Babafemi via his X app on Sunday said the late MohBad was not among the Marlian Music singers arrested by the agency in 2022, contrary to the claim that the agency gave him a substance to drink during the arrest.
Babafemi also shared a link to an online platform detailing the names of the arrested singers which MohBad was not among.
The arrested singers as reported were six namely: Oniyide Azeez (Zinoleesky), Owoeye Michael (m) and Abimbola Ogbe (m), Dominica Chinwe (f), Olaolohun Shubomi Mariam (f), and Ibrahim Alawo (m).
But in a video clip obtained online by News Round The Clock, NRTC, the late MohBad mentioned in the hospital that he was given something to drink.
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Babafemi tweeted: “This is an authentic account of the arrest and detention of some Malian artistes in Feb 2022, an incident that has now been twisted by purveyors of fake news to say Mohbad was poisoned in @ndlea_nigeria custody even when he was never arrested or detained by the agency.
“I hope they’ll be bold enough to defend their claims when the hand of the law catches them.”
The NDLEA Spokesperson tweet is coming hours after blogs and concerned Nigerians called out the agency on the alleged poison following a viral video of the deceased surfaced online, showing him weeping in hospital that he was given a white substance to drink in a bottle of water.
“They gave me water to drink, it was inside a bottle of water plastic. They said I was using drugs. I was the only one who drank it, they didn’t give others to drink. I won’t lie. Then they told me to go home and told the others to wait.
“They even hit a gun on my head. I saved Zino in that video but Zino snitched on me.”
Recall that MohBad died on Tuesday and was buried in Ikorodu and as of press time, the cause of his death is unknown.
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