Mohbad: Naira Marley Loses Over 500k Followers on Instagram, a Week After Ex-signee’s Death

Mohbad: Naira Marley Loses Over 500k Followers on Instagram, a Week After Ex-signee’s Death

  • After the tragic passing of his former signee Mohbad, Naira Marley, the boss of Marlian House, has been facing harsh criticisms
  • This started after several videos showing the mistreatment the deceased got from him and his associates, including Sammy Larry, surfaced online
  • The latest update on Wednesday morning disclosed that over half a million Instagram users have unfollowed the street-pop sensation

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Popular Nigerian controversial singer Azeez Fashola, best known as Naira Marley, has lost over half of a million Instagram followers, one week after the death of his ex-signee Mohbad.

Naira Marley had 7.4 million Instagram followers on Tuesday morning, September 12, the day Mohbad died, but the number dropped after several clips showed him and his cronies, including Sammy Larry, harassing and mistreating the deceased.

Naira Marley, Mohbad
Naira Marley has lost followers on Instagram following Mohbad's death. Credit: @nairamarley, @iammohbad
Source: Instagram

As of the time Legit.ng checked on Wednesday morning, September 20, over 500,000 individuals had unfollowed the street pop artist, dropping his followers down to 6.9 million. 

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Despite the lack of evidence, videos trending on social media after Mohbad died, showing how he was harassed, have angered grieving music fans globally, who are now demanding justice.

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See the screenshots below:

Internet users react to Naira Marley's drop in followers

See the reactions from fans online:

am_zeeno:

"Let's keep going the goal is 3 followers."

bleesnews:

"This one will see himself in Part 5! #JusticeForMohbad."

nigerianlazychef:

"He even put Imole’s world on his bio. The gas lighting from this human is epic."

chi_4_real:

"Naria Marley, Sam Larry, all of una na so una go Dey go down,this won’t be d usual wey after 1yr Nigerians to begin vibe to marlins song,we don bandarlians music for life."

sir_eltee:

"Nigerians have unfollowed him massively but he’s been buying Chinko followers. ‍♂️ This is just the beginning."

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weeneebaby:

"Is Nigeria not stressful enough, than taking someone’s life Omo mohbad, You will always be in our heart️."

opeyemi_luxe_abay;

"Remember the target guys Till 3 followers ."

iameniolamyde:

"Nah Pakistan and Bangladesh followers this boy go buy las las."

How Ikorodu youths secured Mohbad’s grave

The vibrant youths of the Ikorodu community surrounded the graveyard of Mohbad against any form of illegal invasion.

Legit.ng reported that the team led by Assistant Commissioner of Police Saheed Kassim is expected to, among other things, exhume Mohbad's body and conduct an autopsy, toxicology and histology tests on it.

In that regard, the youths of the community where the late singer grew up and was laid to rest have taken it as their mandate to safeguard the graveyard while waiting for the police authorities to arrive.

Source: Legit.ng

Authors:
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Chinasa Afigbo (Editor) Chinasa Afigbo is a pop culture/music journalist and content writer with over four years of experience in other mainstream media organisations, including Vanguard Media and Guardian Life. She holds a degree in Information Management Technology from the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO). She also moved on to pursue courses in writing & media communications. Chinasa has also been published in other Intl journals, like The African Report. Reach her at: chinasa.afigbo@corp.legit.ng.