Mohbad: Court dismisses father’s bid to quash legal advice on Naira Marley, Larry

Justice Taiwo Olatokun of a Lagos Excessive Court sitting in Ikeja yesterday disregarded an application filed by Joseph Aloba, father of the gradual singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly identified as Mohbad, looking out for to quash the excellent advice and court complaints that cleared tune executive, Azeez Fashola (a.k.a. Naira Marley), and promoter, Samson Balogun (a.k.a. Sam Larry), of any involvement in his son’s death.

Handing over judgment, Justice Olatokun held that the powers of the Attorney Frequent of Lagos Screech to prosecute or no longer to prosecute are absolute and may per chance well't be questioned.

Aloba, by means of his counsel, Dr Wahab Shittu (SAN), filed the application on behalf of the household towards the Attorney Frequent of Lagos Screech and the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP), who had been listed as respondents.

Shittu argued that the DPP’s correct advice, which exonerated Naira Marley and Sam Larry, preempted the ongoing coroner’s inquest into Mohbad’s death and failed to offer a stunning hearing to all alive to. He further submitted that folks implicated within the inquest had been cleared upfront, even because the coroner’s complaints had been gentle ongoing.

In response, the respondents maintained in their counter-affidavit that these discharged by the DPP’s advice had been no longer acquitted but easiest launched, and that the excellent advice didn't intervene with or quit the coroner’s inquest. They contended that there used to be no directive from the coroner requiring them to extend the conclusion or issuance of the excellent advice.

They further argued that the DPP, along side the police investigators, operates independently of the coroner and is not very any longer obligated to hiss the coroner of its conclusions. In accordance with them, the excellent advice used to be despatched to the magistrate who had earlier ordered the remand of the suspects pending the evaluate.

Justice Olatokun, in upholding the respondents’ space, reaffirmed that the discretion of the Attorney Frequent in matters of prosecution is legally absolute.

Speaking after the ruling, Shittu stated the household would charm the judgment, stressing that their goal used to be no longer to indict anybody but to be obvious justice used to be served.