After a memorial concert for the 27-year-old artist, who passed away last week at a hospital in Lagos, they had gathered at the city's Lekki toll gate.
The musician has received an outpouring of support and calls for the public disclosure of his cause of death.
His body was recently excavated as part of an inquiry by the Lagos authorities.The memorial performance for MohBad, whose real name was Ilerioluwa Aloba, took place on Thursday night in a park on Lagos's Victoria Island.
While dancing to the music of the late musician, who was adored for his streetwise, occasionally vulgar lyrics and distinctive baritone voice, many of the mourners were dressed in white T-shirts and held candles or their cell phones aloft like torches.
Celebrities from Nollywood movies and the music industry, including Davido, Falz, and Zlatan, shared their recollections of the artist with the crowd.
Since MohBad's passing, the hashtag #justiceformohbad has been trending on social media, with some people incensed by claims that he had experienced abuse in the music industry following his dispute with Marlian Records, a record company run by musician Naira Marley, last year.
His supporters have conducted protests in places all over southern Nigeria, demanding to know how he died, and the Lagos state governor has launched an investigation with the nation's secret police.
The mourners marched in the direction of the Lekki toll gate to continue their vigil after the moving memorial performance in Lagos.
Many people saw flashbacks to the infamous episode in October 2020 when armed forces shot and murdered protestors at the same location as they were dispersed with tear gas.
According to an investigation, nine individuals were killed, four were missing and believed to be dead, and 35 others were hurt, many of them from bullet wounds.
At that time, the #EndSars movement, which was led by tens of thousands of Nigerians, was advocating for the dissolution of the notorious Special Anti-Robbery Squad (Sars) police force.
The Lagos police have quickly rejected any resemblance to the teargassing of MohBad supporters, claiming that mourners disregarded warnings that the area along the Lekki-Epe Expressway was off-limits.
Officers and vigil organizers repeatedly asked individuals to disperse over the course of many hours.
