A High Court in Ogun State has imposed an interim injunction prohibiting a planned event in memory of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, also known as Mohbad.
The legal team of the deceased family announced this in a statement signed by its representative, Monisola Odumosu, and exclusively obtained by our correspondence, on Sunday.
Odumosu noted that the court’s decision, handed down by Justice O. Osunfisan on Thursday, was in response to a motion filed by the late Mohbad’s father, Joseph Aloba, represented by Emmanuel Oroko.
According to the statement, the injunction specifically targeted plans to host the “Sing for Mohbad and Win” event, scheduled for September 12-14, 2024, in the state or any other location.
“In the motion with suit number HCT/871/2024, Justice Osunfisan ordered as follows: ‘An order of interim injunction is hereby granted restraining the respondent, whether by himself, servants, agents, assigns, or otherwise however called, from holding any event titled “Sing for Mohbad and Win” organised by the respondent which is set to be held on September 12, 13, and 14, 2024 at the Aqua Lounge or any other place pending the determination of the originating motion for interlocutory injunction dated and filed on September 6, 2024. The order of interim injunction hereby granted today, September 12, 2024, is to last for seven days following the provision of the Rules of Court,’ the statement read in part.
The Aloba family, who initiated the legal action, had previously appealed to the public to respect their moment of grief and refrain from commercializing the occasion by exploiting the goodwill of their late son.
Odumosu stated that the matter is set to return to court on October 7, 2024, for the hearing of the originating motion for interlocutory injunction.
It was reported earlier that the family expressed concern that some individuals and organizations might be planning to use Mohbad’s memory for commercial purposes.
The family’s proposed move appealed to them to seek approval before proceeding with such a plan.