The Lagos State Police Command has re-arrested afro singer, Ibrahim Owodunni, aka Primeboy.
PUNCH On-line learnt that Primeboy was arrested Tuesday morning throughout his go to to the State Felony Investigation Division at Panti, Yaba, alongside Ayobami Fisayo aka Spending.
A supply aware of the event advised our correspondent that Primeboy and Spending had been requested to go to the SCID each week for the reason that graduation of the investigation into the circumstances resulting in the demise of singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly generally known as Mohbad.
Primeboy was, nonetheless, detained throughout Tuesday’s go to whereas Spending was launched.
“Each of them had gone to register their presence at SCID this morning as they’ve been requested to report each week. However after they received there, Primeboy was instantly handcuffed and detained. They allowed solely Spending to go after he had signed. Primeboy has been locked up as I communicate,” the supply disclosed.
When contacted, the state Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, stated he was not conscious of the arrest. He, nonetheless, promised to search out out.
“I’m not conscious. Let me discover out,” he stated.
Throughout its probe, the police declared Primeboy wished on October 4, 2023, after which he turned himself in two days later.
In the meantime, Mohbad’s father, Joseph Aloba, had filed an software in January on the coroner court docket sitting within the Ikorodu space of the state, searching for to name extra witnesses within the bid to unravel the reason for his son’s demise.
The witnesses requested to testify earlier than the court docket embody, Primeboy, Spending and Boluwatife Adeyemo aka Darosha; all of whom have been alleged to have been with the deceased on the materials time.
Mohbad died on September 12 on the age of 27, with circumstances surrounding his demise sparking controversies on social media.
Being a former report label signee of Marlian Music owned by Naira Marley, Mohbad left the label in February 2022.
The state Police Command had on September 18, 2023, inaugurated a 13-man particular investigation staff to probe the demise.
His demise additionally led to the arrest of Naira Marley, and controversial Lagos socialite, Balogun Eletu, aka Sam Larry, amongst others.
The physique of Mohbad was on September 21, 2023, exhumed for post-mortem to unravel the reason for his demise.
Hundeyin had tweeted in September 2023 that an “post-mortem has been concluded” and the police have been “awaiting end result.”
In the meantime, Aloba, in November 2023, had said that no one ought to gather his son’s physique for burial with out his authorisation.
In an interview with PUNCH Metro in December 2023, Hundeyin reiterated that the command had not acquired the report of the post-mortem carried out on Mohbad from the pathologists.
