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  • I do not want to lose my son – Primeboy’s mother

    I do not want to lose my son – Primeboy’s mother

    The mother of late singer, MohBad’s childhood friend, Ibrahim Owodunni aka Primeboy, has begged for help following the detention of her son by Lagos State Police.

    The Nation reported that MohBad was formerly signed into the Marlian Record label owned by Naira Marley.

    With respect to the investigation into MohBad’s tragic death, several suspects, including the auxiliary nurse that treated him Feyisoya Ogedengbe, Sam Larry, Naira Marley, and Primeboy are in police custody.

    Speaking on Monday, in a viral video on social media, Primeboy’s mother begged actress Iyabo Ojo, journalist Oriyomi Hamzat and Nigerians to intervene, adding that she doesn’t want to lose her son. 

    She also said she raised Primeboy “to be of good behaviour”, arguing that “I do not have a child that can perpetrate such an act”.

    “My fellow Nigerians. My patriotic Nigerians, I am addressing this to you. I came out because of you. I beg you in the name of God have mercy on me. Iyabo Ojo, as you are going and coming, you will not experience evil. I know you always say the truth.

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    “Please I don’t have anything and anybody. I’m from a humble background. That’s why I taught my children how to be content with whatever they have. All mothers please stand for me. He is my first child. I don’t want to lose him. Do not let them use my son to settle war. Hamzat, please help me. Your children will not go missing. Ibrahim and I were also saddened by Mohbad’s death too. There is no killer in my lineage.

    “That Mohbad you are talking about, once lived with me and my children. Come and ask in our area. We stayed 24 hours together. Mohbad paid for where I’m selling outside. They have used Mohbad to sadden me. Do not allow them to take away Ibrahim from me,” she said.

    LagosCommissioner of Police on Friday named the auxiliary nurse who injected Mohbad as the “prime suspect” in his death.

  • Mohbad: Police arrest Primeboy, four others

    Mohbad: Police arrest Primeboy, four others

    Spokesperson of the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, has said five suspects have been arrested so far in connection with the death of singer, Ilerioluwa Ayoba, popularly known as Mohbad.

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    According to Hundeyin, one of the suspects singer, Owodunni Ibrahim (aka Primeboy), who was earlier declared wanted. Others are Naira Marley, Sam Larry and two others.

    Hundeyin said Primeboy turned himself in to the police yesterday morning and has been taken into custody for interrogation and further proceedings.

  • UPDATED: Police claim about inviting me false – Primeboy

    UPDATED: Police claim about inviting me false – Primeboy

    Television Continental (TVC) News on Thursday, October 5, interviewed Primeboy before he surrendered to the authorities.

    During the interview conducted in a car’s back seat, the embattled friend of the late Mohbad refuted the police claim that he had refused to respond to their summons, describing it as false.

    He stated that after waiting for several days, expecting to hear from the police, he discovered that was declared wanted by the police on Wednesday, even though they hadn’t contacted him at all, saying that the situation prompted him to surrender to the police.

    The TV correspondent stated: “The police said they’ve called you severally but you refused to come?”

    Primeboy replied: “That’s a big lie. How will I receive a message from the police and I’ll refuse them? Before all this issue, I even wanted to turn myself, like not turning in. I wanted to go and explain myself at the station because people started accusing me wrongly. People that I called said I should chill and not go anywhere so the police would not…like I should wait for them to invite me.

    “So I kept waiting and suddenly I found myself ‘wanted’ online yesterday. People started calling me that I’m wanted and N1 million for whoever found me. I was shocked, surprised. I called my lawyer, and family and they just said that I should calm down and that nothing will happen. So far I know nothing about it. So, I’m here now.”

    So what’s your relationship with Mohbad?

    “Mohbad is my childhood friend.  All those times that ‘stepmother no care’ (a line of the deceased song), I was his stepmother then. I was his dad, his friend; I was everything to him because he lived with me then. My mom fed the two of us together.”

    Were you with him the day he died?

    “No, I was not with him. We departed after that show because he chased me down from the car that was on Sunday. He called me on Friday to come over to the Island. I didn’t even know he had a show. So, on getting to the Island, while we gisted and had fun, the next thing he said, ‘Sorry I did not tell you that I have a show at Ikorodu, The General’.  I said, ‘Ah, you did not tell me now’.

    “And the next day was my brother’s birthday. So, he now said after the show then, I can invite my junior brother over and he’ll celebrate his birthday with him. And I said okay.”

    Why did he chase you out?

    “He chased me out at town hall from his car. Because he and his wife were having a hidden conversation about this or that but I don’t know. It’s his family affair so I don’t…but one thing I didn’t want is for him to get down from the car. But on that matter, the issue that he and his wife had, we were like…because Mohbad is f^cking hot, I know him.

    “So he was like he wants to get down from the car and I said, ‘Why will you come down from the car? Why are you like this?’ Then I’ll be the one to go and clear the road, this, that. Zlatan was still on stage, Mohbad, Calm down.”

    How do you feel that they’re saying you know something about it?

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    “They don’t even know how I feel losing him and now they’re accusing me. So, the feeling is crazy. I just know God sees it all.”

    So, what do you want now?

    “I want justice for Mohbad and I want that his wife…why will she go online and start framing me up? That’s wrong.”

    On Wednesday, the Lagos State Police Command declared Primeboy wanted in the ongoing probe of Afrobeats star Mohbad’s death, offering a N1 million reward for aiding his arrest.

    The Police Public Relations Officer in Lagos, Benjamin Hundeyin, in an X post, disclosed that Primeboy was declared wanted after failing to honour the police invitation sent to him since the investigation commenced.

  • Police declare Primeboy wanted

    Police declare Primeboy wanted

    • I’ve been receiving death threats, alleges Daddy Showkey

    The Lagos State Police Command has declared Owodunni Ibrahim a.k.a. Primeboy wanted, following his failure to honour police invitation.

    Primeboy was invited amid investigation into the circumstances leading to the death of Ilerioluwa Aloba a.k.a. Mohbad.

    A statement signed by the Lagos Police PRO, Benjamin Hundeyin, read in part: “Ibrahim is approximately 1.64-m tall, male, dark-complexioned with tribal marks and Yoruba by tribe. His last known address is 3rd Power, Oke Eletu, Ikorodu.

    “If seen, contact the nearest police station or call 0803 688 5727.

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    “The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Idowu Owohunwa, hereby offers a handsome reward of N1,000,000 (One Million Naira Only) to anyone with useful information leading to his arrest.”

    Veteran Nigerian singer John Odafe Asiemo, aka Daddy Showkey, has revealed that he has been receiving death threats following his comment on the death of rapper, Mohbad.

    Daddy Showkey had, in an interview with media personality, Daddy Freeze, alleged that there was more to the rapper’s death and pointed singers at some powerful people in the music industry and society.

    Returning to Daddy Freeze’s Instagram live session on Monday night, Showkey said he had been receiving threats from people in government since his last comment on Mohbad’s death.