Naira Marley, Sam Larry sue Police over Continued Detention after 21-day Remand Order

Singer Abdulazeez Fashola (Naira Marley), and Lagos socialite, Samson Eletu (Sam Larry), have filed a fundamental rights suit to challenge their continued detention over the death of 27-year-old singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba (Mohbad).

The defendants in the suit which was filed before the Federal High Court in Lagos, are the Police Force and the Lagos magistrate, Adeola Olatunbosun, who ordered their remand in police custody for 21 days. However, they have since used past the 21 days stipulated in the original court order.

Naira Marley and Sam Larry are each demanding N20 million in damages from the defendants.

In the suit filed through their lawyer, Olalekan Ojo (SAN), they are urging the court to declare that the continued detention “at the Homicide Section of the Lagos State Police Command, Panti, Yaba, Lagos State since October 4, 2023,” constituted a violation of their rights.

They are also seeking “an order of the court releasing the applicants forthwith.”

A key argument in the suit was that “Chief Magistrate Adeola Olatunbosun granted the police application to remand them for only 21 days in the custody of the police.

“The 21-day remand order granted by Chief Magistrate Olatunbosun has since lapsed on October 26, 2023, and the order has not been renewed.”