Music promoter, Balogun Eletu, popularly known as Sam Larry, has said anyone who wishes him evil will face the same.

Sam Larry shared the cryptic Instagram post on Monday accompanied by Naira Marley’s song “I’m Back”.

The post showed Sam Larry dressed in a white kaftan, black cap, and necklace, standing indoors with one hand raised. The caption read, “@nairamarley @zinoleesky you wish me bad you see bad you wish me good you see good ire o, Alhamdulilah Alhamdulilah Alhamdulilah Alhamdulilah.”

The post came shortly after social media activist, VeryDarkMan, leaked an alleged voice recording between Sam Larry and singer, Zlatan Ibile, where Zlatan was reportedly heard expressing his unwillingness to speak publicly on the death of singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad.

Before the audio surfaced, Sam Larry had granted an interview to VeryDarkMan in which he denied assaulting Mohbad during a beach video shoot, stating that the encounter was over money the late singer allegedly owed him.

He said, “I didn’t threaten Mohbad with boys. I only went to the beach to buy something for my child. When I got there, I saw Mohbad and others shooting a video, so I approached them, and some of the beach boys followed me. When I reached where the video was being shot, I told Mohbad he would not leave if he didn’t pay the money he owed me. Zlatan held me back and told me I had passed that level, and that was how the matter ended.”

He further stated, “Nobody touched Mohbad. Zlatan is my witness because he was there. I only saw Mohbad twice in the year he died. The first time was in a club. Naira Marley and I were leaving the club while Mohbad was entering. Naira Marley didn’t see him because I was behind. I have never in my life touched Mohbad or attempted to beat him. The police invited me because of the petition Mohbad wrote, where he falsely accused me of damaging his camera and claimed that Elegushi sent boys to kill him.”

Sam Larry also alleged that when public accusations began to link him to Mohbad’s death, he contacted Zlatan and begged him to clear the air, but the singer declined.

“When people started accusing me of bullying and killing Mohbad, I called Zlatan to speak up and say that I never touched Mohbad. Zlatan told me his parents warned him he would vomit blood if he spoke. I begged him to say I didn’t touch Mohbad publicly and to tell the truth that I helped them settle a dispute with the landowners at the beach during the video shoot. After I resolved that issue, Zlatan and I went to eat amala at Itaamala, while Mohbad said he wanted to go home. It was only Zlatan and I who went to eat,” he said.

He added that he also helped Mohbad resolve a traffic-related issue when his car was impounded. According to him, he was in Dubai when the singer died, while Naira Marley was in Amsterdam with Zinoleesky.

He clarified that the viral video where he was heard saying, “All stations settled, no question to answer,” was recorded in Kenya in 2013 or 2014 and was unrelated to the Mohbad case.

The Instagram post has generated mixed reactions, with some social media users criticising the timing and background music, while others viewed it as a response to the renewed scrutiny surrounding Mohbad’s death.