By Habeeb Olokooba
It is very easy to kill a man, by merely saying he did what he did not do. It is even funny, the upsurge of the human’s hypocrisy when negative things happen to people they don’t like or really agree with. I guess that’s just our nature as human beings.
Beyond doubt, more than 70% of the nation agrees without conviction that Marlians Records or simply put, Naira Marley had a hand in the lost “light” we witnessed a few days back. But how can we be so sure he did when there is no nexus connecting the ‘No manners’ boss to the criminal act? Unproved.
It is no more news that the “Peace” crooner had an unfriendly departure from the Marlians Records in 2022. And I won’t be gullible to say I’m unaware of how ebullient the depressed moments of Mohbad were. However, there is still no special and corroborative evidence pointing fingers at Naira Marley as the perpetrator of the crime. Maybe when the testimonies of unsound DJ Splash, Bella Shmurda as well as Lil Smart were collected, perhaps a proof of assault and threatening might be established. However, murder is a high class offense beyond assault or any other offense. The court needs to be satisfied that there are no other doubtful thoughts except that it was the defendant that killed the deceased. It is a proof beyond reasonable doubt. Sorry we are not in a criminal law class.
But aside from the above, people keep trooping away with Naira Marley’s social media handles everyday is to me a paracetamol after death. Useless. We live in a hypocritical world where you only get the care when you are six feet deep down. They prefer you becoming food for worms before they fight for you. Where is this energy when show promoters were rejecting him? Where is the energy when his songs need streamers to get to the top? Ment.
In a nutshell, if Naira Marley is innocent, will you now return the love you ditched? Or rather, will you withdraw the hate you dished? Have you not thought: What if Death just beaconed him naturally? All your rage for the dead whom you don’t stream their songs when they were alive is baseless.