Fast-rising Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba, a.k.a Mohbad, has officially terminated his contract with Naira Marley’s Marlian Music record label.
The singer’s management announced his exit from the record label on Tuesday, October 25, in a statement.
Mohbad’s legal team released a statement asserting that the singer’s exit was as a result of the constant attacks he received, which were orchestrated by Naira Marley, and unpaid royalties since 2019.
The “KPK” crooner’s exit comes weeks after he took to Twitter on October 5, to reveal bloodied bodies, claiming that it was as a result of being assaulted by the Marlian crew, because he requested to have his manager changed.
Sharing a video of himself on his Twitter handle, Mohbad claimed he was assaulted by his management team at the Marlian House.
In the seven seconds video clip, the singer decked in a white singlet was seen with bruises on his back, neck, and hand.
“Just because I want to change my manager which is their brother, see what they did to me at Marlian House,” he wrote.
Furthermore, he clarified that he was not drunk when the incident happened, adding that his management may use that as an excuse.
Revealing that he was at the hospital for a CT Scan for head impact and chest X-ray as a result of the assault, he added “I’m not high oo cos that is what dey always say just to die down everything.”
He accused Naira Marley of being present during the assault and doing nothing to stop it.
The singer, however, added: “World pls help me oo I’m dying inside”.
But reacting to the allegation, Naira Marley described the incident as a “family affair”.
The singer, who addressed the issue in an Instagram live video, alleged that Mohbad was probably “high” (drunk) when making the allegation.
He said: “If Mohbad didn’t do a video on that, I wouldn’t even bother explaining because it is not something big, it’s a family issue.
“Obviously, he (Mohbad) is not in his right sense. It is obvious he is not in the right state of mind. Because why will I touch Mohbad or allow anyone to touch Mohbad?
“I don’t even know how to explain it but obviously, in the group chat, he said he wants to change his manager probably because he (Mohbad) and his manager are having some argument but the manager is not my brother and I don’t know what he (Mohbad) is probably saying. But, obviously, he’s probably high.
“But when he’s back in his right sense, he will explain himself and apologise as usual.”
Mohbad is also accusing Marlian Music record label of refusing to pay him his royalties from monetised intellectual content and advances as mutually agreed since 2019.
“In contravention of the terms of the arrangement between our client and yourself, you have failed to pay any advances as mutually agreed by both parties since 2019 till date.
“You have also failed to pay all royalties due our client from all his intellectual property works monetized, released and utilised by you from 2019 till date,” the document read.
