The family of the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba aka Mohbad, has conducted a fresh autopsy, so as to know the cause of his death.
On the 26th of July, T.A. Shotobi, the Magistrate of the crooner’s court sitting, approved an order to the father of the deceased, Mr. Joseph Aloba, to involve a licensed and certified pathologist for a completely independent autopsy on the late singer.
The court also ordered the the applicant, Mr Aloba, to bear all costs that comes with the examinations, evaluations and autopsy.
Monisola Odumosu, a member of the family’s legal team, had said on Tuesday, July 23, in a statement that, the autopsy has been done on Friday, July 19, and Saturday July 20.
“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.”
On the 12th of September,2023, Mohbad died at the age of 27, with alot of circumstances surrounding his death, it sparked controversies on social media.
He was a former record label signee of Marlian Music owned by Naira Marley. Mohbad left the label in February 2022. On the 18th of September,2023, The Lagos State Police Command had created a 13-man special investigation team to find out the cause of the singer’s death.
Naira Marley, Lagos socialite, Balogun Eletu, also known as Sam Larry, amongst others, were arrested due to the investigation for his death.
September 21,2023,The singer’s body was exhumed for autopsy to unravel the cause of his death.
On the 15th of May, 2024, a pathologist, testified before the crooner’s court sitting that, an autopsy could not reveal the cause of Mohbad’s death due to the decomposition of his body.
Following this, US-based lab disregard the claim by the Lagos State Government that the toxicology test was conducted at its facility.
