The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, claims it has been responding to police since September 28, 2023, over the purported arrest and custody of late artiste Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, also known as MohBad.
The clarification came in response to media inquiries about the Lagos State Police Command’s remark at a press conference on Friday, October 6, 2023, that it had yet to get a response from the agency.
Femi Babafemi, the Director of Media and Advocacy at the NDLEA Headquarters in Abuja, released the clarification on Saturday.
Recall that there was a social media claim that MohBad was arrested and detained by NDLEA in February and was given a drug to ingest while in the agency’s custody.
However, Babafemi claimed unequivocally in the declaration that MohBad was never arrested or detained in the custody of the NDLEA on the indicated date or any other date before or after.
“Following media enquiries on the claim by the Lagos state police command at a press conference on Friday 6th October 2023 that it was yet to get a response from the NDLEA on social media allegations bordering on alleged arrest and detention of the late artiste, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, aka MohBad, the Agency will like to state that indeed its response was sent and received by the police since Thursday 28th September 2023.
“Indeed, to show the seriousness with which the Agency treated the issue, our formal response dated Thursday 28th September 2023 was sent by flight to Lagos, delivered and received by the police same Thursday 28th September. The summary of our response is reproduced below for the benefit of the inquiring public:
“We also heard the unsubstantiated allegation on social media that Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, aka MohBad, was arrested and detained by NDLEA on the 24th of February 2022 and given a substance to drink. In response to this allegation, we wish to state categorically that MohBad was never arrested neither was he ever detained in the custody of the NDLEA on the said date or any other date before or after. The foregoing being the case, the issue of giving him any substance to drink does not arise,” he said.