Two privately owned radio broadcast station in Oyo and Ekiti States, have respectively banned all Naira Marley’s songs and contents.
A private radio broadcast station, Splash FM 105.5 FM, in Ibadan, Oyo State, has banned the airplay of all songs and contents by Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, and all other songs under the banner of his Marlian Records till further notice. Following the criticism surrounding Marley, in respect to the death of Ilerioluwa Oladimeji, popularly known as MohBad, his former label signee.
This was disclosed in a post shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Monday by one of the presenters at the radio station, Aderonke Adesola. According to the post, Marley’s songs have been placed on “Not to Be Broadcast” on the radio frequency by the station’s management.
The post read,
“Good evening team. In view of the sensitive nature around the death of Mohbad and the
criminal procedure, the police have commenced, I will urge us all to exercise discretion.
“To this effect, Naira Marley’s songs have become NTBB ( not to be broadcast) on our station
till further notice. This is with immediate effect. Thank you.”
Coincidentally, another privately owned station in Ekiti State, Fresh FM 106.9 FM has also followed suit by placing temporary ban on all songs and contents under Naira Marley’s Marlian Records till further notice. In a statement signed by the Station’s Head of production and Music Content, Oluwaseunfunmi Williams, itbwas disclosed that;
“Fresh 106.9 fm has suspended the airplay of all songs and
contents under the banner of Marlian Records,” it said.
“This action comes in response to the public outcry from the
general public trialing the death of Ilerioluwa Oladimeji Aloba
(Mohbad), the alleged victimization from different videos going
viral, and the involvement of members of his previous
record label (Marlian records)”.
