The Aloba family has conducted a fresh autopsy on body of late singer Ilerioluwa Aloba, popularly known as Mohbad, to reveal the cause of his death.
On 26th of June, Magistrate T.A. Shotobi of the Coroner Court in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State granted an order allowing the deceased’s father, Mr. Joseph Aloba, to engage a licensed and certified pathologist for an independent autopsy on the late singer.
The court also stipulated that Mr. Aloba should cover all costs related to the examination, evaluation, and autopsy.
A member of the family’s legal team, Monisoladumosu, in a statement on Tuesday, said the autopsy was conducted on Friday, 19th of July and Saturday, 20th of July.
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Odumosu noted that the family would proceed to carry out toxicology and histology tests on the necessary samples already obtained if the qqpost-mortem procedure failed to reveal the cause of death.
“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,” the statement read in part.
The legal team further disclosed that the procedure was witnessed by Mohbad’s father and two separate pathologists appointed by him and Mohbad’s wife, Wunmi.
“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,” the statement added.
Mohbad died at the age of 27, on 12th of September, 2023, with circumstances surrounding his death sparking controversies on social media.
Being a former record label signee of Marlian Music owned by Naira Marley, Mohbad left the label in February 2022. The Lagos State Police Command had on 18th of September, 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 21st of September, 2023, exhumed for autopsy to unravel the cause of his death.
However, a pathologist, while testifying before the Coroner’s Court on 15th of May, revealed that an autopsy couldn’t determine Mohbad’s cause of death due to the decomposition of his body.
Following the disclosure, the US-based lab refuted the claim by the Lagos State Government that the toxicology test was conducted at its facility.
The revelation was in response to inquiries made by Punchng, on a fact-finding mission to ascertain the musician’s cause of death.
Responding to PUNCH Metro’s inquiry on17th of May, the Client Services Associate, Forensics Division, NMS Labs, Esther Dede, stated, “Unfortunately, we do not have a case for that patient.”
