Afro singer and songwriter, Owodunni Ibrahim, widely known as Primeboy, has disputed the claim that the Lagos State Police Command invited him before declaring him wanted on Tuesday.
Primeboy, a close friend of the late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, also known as Mohbad, was declared wanted due to his alleged failure to respond to a police invitation concerning the circumstances surrounding the death of the former Marlian records’ signee.
In an interview with TVC, conducted before he turned himself in on Thursday, Primeboy stated that he was never formally invited by the police. He added that he attempted to visit the police station to clear his name when he was implicated in his late friend’s death.
He declared, “I have never received a message of invitation from the police, it is a big lie that I did. Before this issue of declaring me wanted sprang up, I had wanted to explain myself at the station after people started accusing me of killing Mohbad.
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“The people I reached out to including my lawyer advised that I should wait for a police invitation rather than going there to explain myself. So it was a shock to see that the police had declared me wanted for N1 million to anyone who knew my whereabouts.”
During the interview, Primeboy was asked if he was present with Mohbad at his last show and if they had a conflict. He confirmed that there were indeed issues between them, but it stemmed from a misunderstanding he had with his wife while they were all together in the car on the day he attended the Ikorodu show.
“He (Mohbad) was trying to alight from the car when the issue between him and his wife heated up. But I stopped him, advising that it wasn’t safe for him to do so since Zlatan was still performing. He then told me to come down from the car. And I did.
“I could tell that he was badly hurt from the way he was reacting that day,” he added.
While in police detention, the singer questioned Mohbad’s wife for allegedly framing him with the late singer’s death on the internet.