CITIZENS COMPASS–The family of the late Nigerian singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba popularly known as Mohbad, on Tuesday, said it has conducted a fresh autopsy that would enable them to determine the cause of the death of their son.
A member of the family’s legal team, Monisola Odumosu, in a statement, said the autopsy was conducted on Friday, July 19 and Saturday, July 20, 2024.
Recall that the magistrate of a Coroner Court sitting in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, T.A. Shotobi, on June 26, granted an order to the father of the deceased, Mr. Joseph Aloba, to conduct an independent autopsy on the late singer.
The Magistrate asked the bereaved father to engage a licensed and certified pathologist for this.
Aloba’s legal team said the family would proceed to carry out toxicology and histology tests on the necessary samples already obtained if the post-mortem procedure failed to reveal the cause of death.
According to the team, “The second autopsy as requested by the Aloba family and ordered by the Magistrate of the Coroner Court, Ms. T.A. Shotobi was conducted on Friday, July 19 and Saturday, July 20, 2024. This autopsy is a two-part exercise, with the first part now completed.
“If the cause of death cannot be determined from this initial examination, the second part will proceed, involving a toxicology and histology test on the necessary samples already obtained,”
“This comprehensive procedure, conducted last Friday, was witnessed only by Mr. Joseph Aloba, the forensic pathologist appointed by Mr. Joseph Aloba and his team, legal representatives of both Mr. Joseph Aloba and a pathologist appointed by Wunmi Aloba to observe the procedure,”
Recall that the Singer Mohbad died at the age of 27, on September 12, 2023, and was buried the following day but the death sparked controversies with protests from fans and friends which prompted the Police to probe the cause of his death.
Mohbad’s body was exhumed for autopsy but the result has left the family wondering due to the controversies surrounding it.
Mohbad was a former record label signee of Marlian Music owned by Naira Marley.
He left the label in February 2022.
The Lagos State Police Command had on September 18, 2023, inaugurated a 13-man special investigation team to probe the singer’s death.
His death also led to the arrest of Naira Marley and controversial Lagos socialite, Balogun Eletu, also known as Sam Larry, amongst others.
The singer’s body was on September 21, 2023, exhumed for autopsy to unravel the cause of his death.
However, a pathologist, while testifying before the Coroner’s Court on May 15, revealed that an autopsy couldn’t determine Mohbad’s cause of death due to the decomposition of his body.
–The PUNCH
