Mohbad’s father, Mr. Joseph Aloba, filed an application in the Ikeja State High Court to revoke legal advice, ruling and recommendations made by the Director of Public Litigation in Mohbad’s de@th case.
In the lawsuit marked ID/6197MJR/2025, dated March 12, 2025 and filed on March 13, 2025, Aloba prays to the court through his attorney Wahab Shittu (SAN), praying to him for a order requiring him to cancel the legal advice and advice of lagos State dpp. Mobad.
The motion was applied on three grounds on partisan applications, and the applicant (Aloba) stated that there was a lack of fair hearings under Article 36 of the Nigerian Constitution of 1999.
Other reasons are that DPP’s legal advice has been avoided in advance of the coroner’s inquiry process, which has not yet concluded, and that DPP’s legal advice has allegedly released important suspects mentioned and involved in the coroner’s lawsuit.
In a paragraph 18 affidavit supporting Aloba’s removal, he said his son Mohbad was considered unnatural and suspicious on 11 September 2023, which led to his request and requested an investigation into the cause of De@Th@Th.
He said that the investigation was brought to the Coroner’s Court on the basis of his request to determine the situation that led to his son, with lawsuit number: Cor/ikd/10/2023, before Coroner Tashotobi, who had not yet reached a conclusion before Coroner Tashotobi on September 29, 2023.
He added that while the corner proceedings have not been included by the Cororner’s court, on February 26, 2025, Magistrate Ejiro Kubenhe at the Yaba Magistrate Court acting on the legal advice of the Respondents (AG and DPP), discharged and acquired the four prime specs, Abdulazeez Fashola alias Naira Marley, Samson Balogun Eletu AKA Sam Larry and Owoduni Ibrahim, aka Prime Boy and Pere Babatunde were released on the controversial Mohbad’s De@Th, who were released on “unspecified legal advice not specified as exhibit A”.
He further noted that the exhibition “B” presented to him was a certified copy of the lawsuit in the District Court of Yaba, which released the main suspects under the legal advice of the respondent (Lagos State Attorney General Lawal Pedro (SAN) and Director of Public Prosecutions and Director of Announcements Dr. Babajide Martins) under the legal advice of the respondents (Lagos State Attorney General Lawal Pedro (SAN)).
“It has been mentioned and involved in the coroner’s lawsuit and has been called, and has not yet appeared and there is evidence of their role in Mohbad’s DE@TH, which has been mentioned and involved in the coroner’s lawsuit.
“The police officers participated in the coroner’s lawsuit through an ASP Mohammed Yusuf affiliated with the state’s criminal investigation department, Panti and George, the interviewee’s senior lawyer.
“The State CID PANTI forwarded the case it investigated to respondents without informing the coroner’s court, and the two offices, especially those aware that the coroner asked, set out to ask for legal advice that prompted the district court to prompt the district court to release and acquit the main suspect.
“I know that the conduct or omission of the respondent is irrelevant and that the court constitutes an obstruction of the coroner in the exercise of its statutory duties.
“I know this is the fact that the respondent’s failure to allow the coroner to draw a conclusion and continue to issue legal advice is the result of the coroner’s decision and is completed without jurisdiction, invalid.
“I know it is the fact that in the case of an investigation, the conduct or omission of the defendant who issued a legal consultation constitutes an obstacle and interfere with the coroner’s investigation and may affect the outcome.
“I know that bills or omissions from respondents who issued legal consultations constitute an insult to the administrative jurisdiction of the coroner.
“I know this is the fact that the conduct or omission of the respondent, in addition to the preemptive coroner lawsuit, undermines the integrity of the investigation and has the potential to undermine the results of the coroner’s investigation.
“I know that while realizing that the coroner’s investigation is still waiting, the respondent’s behavior or omission is to overturn the results of the coroner’s investigation, and is inappropriate,” Aloba said.
He prays for the court intervention to bring justice to his son’s lawsuit.
“The applicant needs the intervention of the court to make the death of his son justified, otherwise allowing the respondent’s legal consultation may automatically end the severity of the coroner’s court and its lawsuit.
He added: “The grant of this application will not be prejudiced to the respondents. I sincerely make this affidavit, considering the contents to be true and in accordance with the laws of the State of Lagos.”
