The household of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad, has carried out a contemporary post-mortem looking for to find out the reason for his demise.
PUNCH Metro reported that the Justice of the Peace of the Coroner Courtroom sitting within the Ikorodu space of Lagos State, T.A. Shotobi, on June 26, granted an order to the daddy of the deceased, Mr. Joseph Aloba, to interact a licensed and licensed pathologist for a totally unbiased post-mortem on the late singer.
The court docket additionally ordered that the applicant, Aloba, ought to bear all prices related to the examination, analysis, and post-mortem.
A member of the household’s authorized crew, Monisola Odumosu, in an announcement on Tuesday, mentioned the post-mortem was carried out on Friday, July 19 and Saturday, July 20.
Odumosu famous that the household would proceed to hold out toxicology and histology assessments on the required samples already obtained if the autopsy process didn’t reveal the reason for demise.
“The second post-mortem as requested by the Aloba household and ordered by the Justice of the Peace of the Coroner Courtroom, Ms. T.A. Shotobi, was carried out on Friday, July 19 and Saturday, July 20, 2024. This post-mortem is a two-part train, with the primary half now accomplished.
“If the reason for demise can’t be decided from this preliminary examination, the second half will proceed, involving a toxicology and histology take a look at on the required samples already obtained,” the assertion learn partly.
The authorized crew additional disclosed that the process was witnessed by Mohbad’s father and two separate pathologists appointed by him and Mohbad’s spouse, Wunmi.
“This complete process, carried out final Friday, was witnessed solely by Mr. Joseph Aloba, the forensic pathologist appointed by Mr. Joseph Aloba and his crew, authorized representatives of each Mr. Joseph Aloba and a pathologist appointed by Wunmi Aloba to watch the process,” the assertion added.
Mohbad died on the age of 27, on September 12, 2023, with circumstances surrounding his demise sparking controversies on social media.
Being a former file label signee of Marlian Music owned by Naira Marley, Mohbad left the label in February 2022. The Lagos State Police Command had on September 18, 2023, inaugurated a 13-man particular investigation crew to probe the singer’s demise.
His demise additionally led to the arrest of Naira Marley and controversial Lagos socialite, Balogun Eletu, also referred to as Sam Larry, amongst others.
The singer’s physique was on September 21, 2023, exhumed for post-mortem to unravel the reason for his demise.
Nonetheless, a pathologist, whereas testifying earlier than the Coroner’s Courtroom on Could 15, revealed that an post-mortem couldn’t decide Mohbad’s reason behind demise as a result of decomposition of his physique.
Following the disclosure, PUNCH Metro completely reported that the US-based lab refuted the declare by the Lagos State Authorities that the toxicology take a look at was carried out at its facility.
The revelation was in response to inquiries made by our correspondent, who launched into a fact-finding mission to determine the musician’s reason behind demise.
Responding to PUNCH Metro’s inquiry on Could 17, the Shopper Providers Affiliate, Forensics Division, NMS Labs, Esther Dede, said, “Sadly, we don’t have a case for that affected person.”