Like a ghost refusing to rest, the mystery behind the tragic death of Mohbad has once again been resurrected by no other person than the self-acclaimed super investigator and “women’s rights activist,” the Very Dark Man (VDM). Honestly, I really do not like giving the new Voltron of our time any spotlight. This is not because of his silly ways online or because he spews gibberish all the time, but mainly because of the way he now sees and parades himself as the Lord of the Manor, that he can give orders to anyone as if he is the law—just to please his numerous fans or to massage his bloated ego about his new ‘mungo parked’ fame.
The fact that I’m indifferent about him does not make me totally against what he is doing, because many times, he has succeeded in calling the attention of the authorities to some highly important and sensitive issues, and those issues have been resolved or at the most put to rest. But my grievance against the dark, well-built nigga is that he sees himself as the best thing to happen to Nigerians after Indomie noodles. Do I even blame him? No! How can I, when trained journalists—who are the real players of the game—have been relegated to the lower league in their own profession? I see no reason why nincompoops won’t take over the space meant for them.
Do I like the idea that he brought back to life the issue of Mohbad? Definitely, yes! I, in fact, give him a hundred percent on this because the police and those who should sieve out the truth seem to have compromised in a way that it now appears that the truth will forever remain a mirage. The way I see this is as if the police left ete (leprosy) and they were running after lakpalakpa (ringworm).
I just couldn’t bring my head to it—why the wife and those around him when he died cannot be arrested and locked up for interrogation and investigation. Instead, the police started targeting those that are remotely linked to the murder—abi natural death ni ka pe?
When this issue happened several months ago, I did about two write-ups where I gave my opinion as a well-trained journalist who went through the rigours of investigative journalism training under one of the best in the business, and also as a budding lawyer who had to take the eyes of the law to critically examine the circumstances that led to his death.
In one of my submissions, I argued that there was no way Naira Marley and Sam Larry could be guilty of this felony because there was no direct link to the cause of the death. The internet mobsters went after me with several threats to my life for daring to use my head instead of their one-way traffic, emotion-based opinions.
Don’t get me wrong, I did not outrightly exonerate anyone since the law has not made its pronouncement, but I brought out my objective views based on the circumstantial evidence. It is very true that about two videos emanated from social media where Sam Larry was seen threatening to attack the poor boy, and another where Ilerioluwa was quoted to have said if he dies, then Naira Marley should be held responsible. But, because people are just too emotional about the case, they forgot to look into other videos too, where he made the same statement of allegation for his widow Wunmi and some other people. The way it played out, no one was interested in anything again since the hanger noose had already been placed on the necks of Naira Marley and Sam Larry.
The whole issue dumped me in wonderland, and it made me wonder why people can’t look beyond emotions that hold no water under law.
Although, in criminal law, under causation for murder, grievous bodily harm to a victim should ordinarily last for a year and one day before the defendant can be set free from committing the offence of murder. But also, it’s the same law that states that novus actus interveniens could set a defendant free. The Latin maxim, which translates into: when the chain of causation is broken, the offence committed does not induce liability. So, with this, I still maintain that I don’t think NM and SL have any case to answer.
Now, let’s travel back to the last 48 hours of the crime. According to many sides of the story, Mohbad had issues with his friend, Primeboy, and he sustained an injury—not through the friend but through his own aggressive action.
The injury caused a ‘Nurse Muyiwa’ to be invited to treat him, and immediately after administering an injection—which ordinarily should be a last resort—on him, he reacted negatively to it, and the rest of the story… you can build a bridge, but not so long like the one the Federal Minister just pancaked with other makeups to connect it.
In murder cases, anyone around the dead at the time he died are the real suspects. But the police failed to arrest everyone with him except those who were not there. Even objects like phones, cameras (if there were any) should have been the concern of the police, but they went after the popular fall guys, Naira and Larry.
If VDM could unravel this, maybe—just maybe—I’ll have a rethink about him.
Until then, let me sing one of the best Abami Eda’s unrecorded songs, BBC (Big Blind Country): “In the country of the blind, na one-man eye man be king…”
Second base o jare!
VDM, continue in your ephemeral fame.
This is still Kunle Raasheed reporting live from his inner mind.
Leave a Reply