- VeryDarkMan interviewed Fidelis Idabo, the driver of the Prado Jeep involved in transporting Mohbad and his companions.
- Idabo provided a detailed and emotional account of the events surrounding Mohbad’s last performance in Ikorodu.
- The interview highlights the significance of the driver’s perspective on the circumstances leading up to and following the performance.
After Primeboy’s interview, activist VeryDarkMan (VDM) also sat down with Fidelis Idabo, the driver of the Prado Jeep that transported Mohbad, his wife, and others on the night of the singer’s last outing.
The driver gave a long, emotional account of the events that unfolded before and after Mohbad’s performance in Ikorodu.
He began:
“On the day of the show, I carried six people. One person sat in front, three people Mohbad, his wife, and Primeboy were in the middle row, and two others were seated at the back carrying the baby. As we were going, Mohbad and his wife were having an argument in Yoruba, but I didn’t understand what they were saying.”
According to him, they stopped to meet Cubana Chief Priest before proceeding to the venue.
“After we met Chief Priest, we continued to the event. He left us at the venue, and we followed him there. I didn’t see Mohbad drink anything, but by the time we got to Ikorodu, he seemed a bit high. When we parked, he and his wife were still arguing. She got out of the car in anger, and we had to beg her to get back in.”
He said he only realized he was driving a celebrity when fans began singing along.
“It was then I realized it was Mohbad. At the show, soldiers and police officers escorted him to the stage. When he returned to the car after his performance, area boys gathered and started demanding money. Meanwhile, he and his wife were still arguing in Yoruba.”
Mohbad, he said, got angry and wanted to confront the area boys.
“He said he wanted to come down and fight them, but I warned him not to it was dangerous. Primeboy tapped my seat and told me not to say anything so Mohbad wouldn’t get angry at me. Moh then transferred ₦71,000 to my ATM card and asked me to withdraw the money and give them. I and the guy in the front seat went to withdraw it.”
Mohbad had already told them how to share the money, but problems still arose.
“But the soldiers complained the amount was too small. Mohbad got really upset and tried to get out of the car again. Primeboy came out from his side, went around to Mohbad’s side to stop him. They struggled a bit Mohbad even tried to force the car door open, pushing it hard against Primeboy. Eventually, Prime went back to his seat.”
Despite all efforts, Mohbad still came out of the car.
“He walked to the car in front the one that brought Chief Priest and shouted, ‘Whoever parked this car should move it, I want to go home and sleep.’ Then he came back to our car and started cursing Primeboy. He said he would kill him.”
The tension escalated further.
“Mohbad got down in anger again and came to Primeboy’s side. He was dragging the handle like he would break it. I had to unlock the door so he wouldn’t damage my car. He started punching Primeboy, but Prime didn’t fight back. As Mohbad threw what seemed to be the final punch, his hand smashed the window and shattered the glass. He sustained a small cut. I’m not saying the wound killed him, but that’s where it came from.”
Soon, others joined in.
“Without even asking questions, they began to beat Primeboy. He was followed back to the stage until a soldier intervened. Cubana Chief Priest later came and asked Mohbad, ‘Why are you fighting?’ And Mohbad replied, ‘I’ll kill Primeboy.’”
The driver noted that Mohbad’s wife surprisingly tried to defend Primeboy.
“She told him, ‘What did Primeboy do to you?’ Then as we were heading home, she started cursing Mohbad. She called him names like ‘oloshi’, ‘oloriburuku’, and said he liked women too much. At one point, Moh acted like he wanted to hit her, and she grabbed his shirt. Me, if I were Mohbad, I could never take such behavior from my wife.”
They arrived home around 1 a.m., but the drama wasn’t over.
“His wife refused to get out of the car. I told Mohbad not to say anything more. She then told me to take her to a hotel, but I didn’t have fuel. I tried to calm her down. She said Moh didn’t have mind, and that as he was going inside, it was to go and cry.”
Fidelis decided to sleep in the car outside to get the shattered window fixed the next day but something unexpected happened.
“Around 3 a.m., three boys from inside the house came to my window saying Mohbad was bleeding and that they needed to take him to a pharmacy. I told them I didn’t have fuel, so they used Mohbad’s own car to go. I saw them return later. At 7 a.m., I knocked on the gate nobody answered.”
At about 11 a.m., Mohbad’s wife stepped out.
“She was surprised to see me still there. I told her I needed the window repaired. She said arrangements had been made. She went back in and didn’t return for over an hour. I never saw Mohbad again after that night.”
The most shocking moment came via phone.
“At 9:40 a.m. that Tuesday, a strange number called me and said, ‘Go and report yourself at the nearest police station.’ The same number called again with the same message. By 12 p.m., the friend who introduced me to Mohbad called and said, ‘MOH is dead.’ I was shocked.”
He ended with a call for proper investigation.
“If the government wants to know what killed Mohbad, they should arrest everyone who was in that house with him that night including his wife. It’s not Naira Marley or Sam Larry. The real thing that happened to Mohbad, happened at midnight when he started bleeding. What shocked me the most was how his wife never mentioned that Moh had broken the glass when she went to the police. That’s when I began to fear her.”
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