Mohbad: I’ve been receiving death threats – Daddy Showkey

Veteran Nigerian musician John Odafe Asiemo, known as Daddy Showkey, has disclosed that he has been receiving death threats as a result of his remarks over the passing of rapper Mohbad, who passed away on September 12, 2023, in a contentious manner.

In an interview with media personality Daddy Freeze, Daddy Showkey said that there was more to the rapper’s death and pointed musicians in the direction of several influential figures in the music business and in society.

Returning to Daddy Freeze’s Instagram live session from Monday night, Showkey said that since making his previous remark on Mohbad’s fate, he has been getting threats from members of the government.

He said, “Daddy Freeze, do you know after my last interview with you, I received a lot of death threats? Do you know after that interview, even people in government were threatening me?

“I told them that they should go and watch your interview, did I said anything wrong? And what I’m saying, I’m saying the truth. You would not believe what I went through. I did not sleep throughout that night. They were just threatening me.

“Daddy Freeze, I don’t know what you are going through with all these things you are doing o. Because the kind of threats that they threatened me, I come dey talk say what of you?”