Dear President,
We see the huge economic steps and risks you are taking to achieve permanent economic growth in Nigeria. We hope and pray it yields positive results in good time for the benefit of all Nigerians.
I am, however, calling your attention to Mohbad’s case, sir. A new lead in the form of video evidence purportedly showing how the late hip-hop sensational artist Ilerioluwa Promise Oladimeji Aloba, aka Mohbad, was murdered in his home surfaced in part and had been brought to the attention of the Lagos State Police Command HQ and Zonal HQ, respectively, since December 2024.
Sadly, it looks like there is an order from above to shield the murderers, wherein the police have been instructed to avoid the video evidence and blatantly rub the mud of injustice on the demanding public. No public will accept a government or police institution that openly shields alleged murderers.
The said video evidence came with a homicide confession and an eyewitness account via the TikTok handle of the younger brother of Mohbad. He, in turn, accused another credible eyewitness and friend of the deceased of being the impersonator who gained illegal access to the phone he sold to him, controlled his TikTok account he left on the phone, and sent the video evidence that had sat in his phone for months.
This full, uncensored video is likely to be leaked at a crucial moment, the penultimate next election and the whole cover-up will be strongly linked to you or influenced by your political enemies; they are indirectly pushing that. At that point, nobody should underestimate the power of the people.
Nollywood and the entertainment industry have always stood by you, and if this can be done to one of us (Mohbad), it means it can be done to any of us. Justice for Mohbad is non-negotiable. The youths are observing, the student union are expectant, the industry is waiting, and the world is watching. Kindly use your good offices to intervene promptly and give us justice for Mohbad.
Thank you for your usual humility and listening ears.
Yomi Fabiyi, actor and convener, Human Rights Ambassador, writes from Lagos
