Mohbad: ‘My Brother Detained to Appease Internet Mob’ – Naira Marley’s Sister

Shubomi Fashola, the sister of Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley has expressed distress over the ongoing detention of the Marlian Music label head.

This comes in the wake of a recent ruling by a magistrate court in Yaba, Lagos State, on October 4, 2023. The court remanded Naira Marley and socialite Balogun Eletu, known as Sam Larry, regarding accusations of mistreating the late former Marlian Music artist, Mohbad.

The Lagos State Police Command had requested a 30-day remand for Naira Marley and the other accused individuals to conclude their investigation. However, Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun ruled in favor of a 21-day remand.

Expressing her concern over the prolonged detention of her brother, Shubomi contested that holding him for “nearly 30 days without charge, evidence, or substantial witnesses” amounts to a violation of his human rights.

She alleged that her brother’s detention seemed to cater to the pressures of social media, implying that he was being detained to satisfy public outcry without concrete evidence or legal basis.

On her Instagram story, she wrote: “Keeping someone who willingly travelled back to help in detention for nearly 30 days with no charge, no evidence, no sufficient witness is a violation of his human rights. Keeping him in custody to appease social media and the internet mob is crazy.

“If you have evidence against him for anything he’s been accused of, charge him! But if you don’t, release him. It shouldn’t take this long for the investigation to be done.

“We all want the truth! We all want justice. What is the delay? We’ve already lost one person; trying to lynch another is not going to bring about justice. I pray nobody experiences being accused of an atrocity you have no hand in. God is in control!”