While the House of Representatives on Tuesday called for justice in the matter of late music artiste, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, afrobeat singer, Seun Kuti has upbraided people who blamed the father of the late singer, for the death of his son.
It could be recalled that Mohbad was buried the following day after passing away on September 12 in a contentious manner.
Because of this, many of the musician’s fans turned to social media to criticise his father for burying him without making the appropriate preparations and conducting thorough investigations.
In an interview on The Honest Bunch podcast, Seun Kuti stressed that Mohbad’s father is only being harassed because he is poor.
He said, “Poverty is playing a big role in this whole Mohbad issue. People are saying Mohbad’s father killed him because he buried him early. Who will be looking at his son’s dead body for two to three days?”
Speaking in Pidgin he added “If na Otedola pikin die and he bury am overnight, wetin anybody go talk here? No be sey una go dey give am condolences visit for a house?
“Instead of us to be consoling the man, we are making him evil that can kill his son. Somebody that just lost his child. You like the boy pass am na hin dem dey bully the boy all these days and you no talk anything.”
In a related development, the House of Representatives adopted a motion by Babajimi Benson (APC, Lagos) on the need for justice and safeguarding the legacy of Mohbad who died under questionable circumstances in Lagos.
Benson lamented the lack of protection for artistes who, he said, are often coerced and frustrated through the signing of “unscrupulous agreements.”
He said the circumstances that happened to Mohbad, upon leaving his record label at the Marlain Record, exposed the “unfavorable contractual agreements suffered by so many upcoming artistes.”
He called on the House to monitor the allegations and investigation around the circumstances of the death and review contract laws in the entertainment industry for the good of the wider public.
